#978CA4#978CA4

#978CA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.037 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CA4
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(268, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 8.82, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 14.23, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0219 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.037 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8402, 28.0159, 39.0030)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CA4 #99A48C

analogous

#8C8DA4 #978CA4 #A38CA4

triadic

#978CA4 #A4978C #8CA497

tetradic

#978CA4 #A48C8D #99A48C #8CA4A3

square

#978CA4 #A48C8D #99A48C #8CA4A3

split-complementary

#978CA4 #A4A38C #8DA48C

monochromatic

#5A5065 #786B88 #978CA4 #B6AEBF #D5D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#978CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#978CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CA4

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CA4	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)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A90A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.037 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adbf',
    500: '#978ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ca4;
$custom-light: #b5adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65768,
    "c": 0.03722,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CA4

secondary

#C6CBC1

accent

#B57397

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CA4

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