#978CA3#978CA3

#978CA3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.036 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CA3
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(269, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 8.61, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 13.70, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0215 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.036 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7503, 27.9799, 38.5293)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CA3 #98A38C

analogous

#8C8DA3 #978CA3 #A38CA3

triadic

#978CA3 #A3978C #8CA397

tetradic

#978CA3 #A38C8D #98A38C #8CA3A3

square

#978CA3 #A38C8D #98A38C #8CA3A3

split-complementary

#978CA3 #A3A38C #8DA38C

monochromatic

#5A5064 #786B86 #978CA3 #B6AEBE #D4D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#978CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#978CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CA3

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CA3	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A90A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.036 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbe',
    500: '#978ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ca3;
$custom-light: #b5adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65732,
    "c": 0.03584,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CA3

secondary

#C6CAC1

accent

#B47495

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CA3

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

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