#978BCC#978BCC

#978BCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.096 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BCC
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(251, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 18.55, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 36.93, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0359 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.096 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8916, 29.4037, 61.0576)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BCC #C0CC8B

analogous

#8BA0CC #978BCC #B88BCC

triadic

#978BCC #CC978B #8BCC97

tetradic

#978BCC #CC8BA0 #C0CC8B #8BCCB8

square

#978BCC #CC8BA0 #C0CC8B #8BCCB8

split-complementary

#978BCC #CCB88B #A0CC8B

monochromatic

#534399 #7160B9 #978BCC #BDB6DF #E3E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#978BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#978BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BCC

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BCC	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C96A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.096 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7addb',
    500: '#978bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bcc;
$custom-light: #b7addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.077,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67213,
    "c": 0.09552,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BCC

secondary

#E0E4CF

accent

#B2349B

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BCC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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