#978BCD#978BCD

#978BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.097 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BCD
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 18.80, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 37.48, 300.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.0362 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.097 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0119, 29.4518, 61.6913)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BCD #C1CD8B

analogous

#8BA0CD #978BCD #B88BCD

triadic

#978BCD #CD978B #8BCD97

tetradic

#978BCD #CD8BA0 #C1CD8B #8BCDB8

square

#978BCD #CD8BA0 #C1CD8B #8BCDB8

split-complementary

#978BCD #CDB88B #A0CD8B

monochromatic

#53439B #7160BB #978BCD #BDB6DF #E4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#978BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#978BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BCD

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BCD	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B96A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.097 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7addc',
    500: '#978bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bcd;
$custom-light: #b7addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6726,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BCD

secondary

#E0E4D0

accent

#B3339B

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BCD

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

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