#978BCF#978BCF

#978BCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BCF
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 207)
HSL	hsl(251, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 19.29, -33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 38.59, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0367 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.1 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2548, 29.5490, 62.9709)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BCF #C3CF8B

analogous

#8BA1CF #978BCF #B98BCF

triadic

#978BCF #CF978B #8BCF97

tetradic

#978BCF #CF8BA1 #C3CF8B #8BCFB9

square

#978BCF #CF8BA1 #C3CF8B #8BCFB9

split-complementary

#978BCF #CFB98B #A1CF8B

monochromatic

#52419E #7060BD #978BCF #BEB6E1 #E5E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#978BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#978BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978BCF

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BCF	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7995D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B97A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adde',
    500: '#978bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bcf;
$custom-light: #b7adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67352,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BCF

secondary

#E2E5D0

accent

#B5319D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BCF

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

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