#978CA0#978CA0

#978CA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.032 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CA0
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(273, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 7.99, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 12.10, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0204 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.032 310)
XYZ	xyz(28.4847, 27.8737, 37.1304)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CA0 #95A08C

analogous

#8D8CA0 #978CA0 #A08C9F

triadic

#978CA0 #A0978C #8CA097

tetradic

#978CA0 #A08D8C #95A08C #8C9FA0

square

#978CA0 #A08D8C #95A08C #8C9FA0

split-complementary

#978CA0 #9FA08C #8CA08D

monochromatic

#5A5061 #796C83 #978CA0 #B5AEBC #D4CFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#978CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#978CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CA0

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CA0	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B909F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.032 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbc',
    500: '#978ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ca0;
$custom-light: #b5adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65625,
    "c": 0.03179,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.27874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CA0

secondary

#C4C8C0

accent

#B37591

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CA0

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

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