#978CA2#978CA2

#978CA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.034 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CA2
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 8.40, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 13.16, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0212 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.034 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6610, 27.9442, 38.0593)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CA2 #97A28C

analogous

#8C8CA2 #978CA2 #A28CA2

triadic

#978CA2 #A2978C #8CA297

tetradic

#978CA2 #A28C8C #97A28C #8CA2A2

square

#978CA2 #A28C8C #97A28C #8CA2A2

split-complementary

#978CA2 #A2A28C #8CA28C

monochromatic

#5A5063 #786C85 #978CA2 #B6AEBD #D4D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#978CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#978CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CA2

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CA2	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B90A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.034 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbd',
    500: '#978ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ca2;
$custom-light: #b5adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65696,
    "c": 0.03449,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CA2

secondary

#C5C9C1

accent

#B47494

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CA2

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