#978BDD#978BDD

#978BDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978BDD
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(249, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 22.83, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 46.30, 299.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.04 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.119 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0429, 30.2642, 72.3879)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978BDD #D1DD8B

analogous

#8BA8DD #978BDD #C08BDD

triadic

#978BDD #DD978B #8BDD97

tetradic

#978BDD #DD8BA8 #D1DD8B #8BDDC0

square

#978BDD #DD8BA8 #D1DD8B #8BDDC0

split-complementary

#978BDD #DDC08B #A8DD8B

monochromatic

#4936B8 #6D5CCF #978BDD #C1BAEB #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#978BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#978BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978BDD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978BDD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7397E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869AAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ade8',
    500: '#978bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978bdd;
$custom-light: #b8ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.78,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68029,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978BDD

secondary

#EAEDD7

accent

#C223AB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #978BDD

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

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