#978BCE#978BCE

#978BCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.098 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BCE
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 19.05, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 38.04, 300.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0364 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.098 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1330, 29.5003, 62.3290)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BCE #C2CE8B

analogous

#8BA1CE #978BCE #B88BCE

triadic

#978BCE #CE978B #8BCE97

tetradic

#978BCE #CE8BA1 #C2CE8B #8BCEB8

square

#978BCE #CE8BA1 #C2CE8B #8BCEB8

split-complementary

#978BCE #CEB88B #A1CE8B

monochromatic

#52429C #7060BC #978BCE #BEB6E0 #E4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#978BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#978BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BCE

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BCE	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7995D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B96A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.098 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7addd',
    500: '#978bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bce;
$custom-light: #b7addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.746,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67306,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BCE

secondary

#E1E5D0

accent

#B4329C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BCE

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

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