#978CA6#978CA6

#978CA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.040 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CA6
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(265, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 9.24, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 15.32, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0226 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.04 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0223, 28.0887, 39.9617)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CA6 #9BA68C

analogous

#8C8EA6 #978CA6 #A48CA6

triadic

#978CA6 #A6978C #8CA697

tetradic

#978CA6 #A68C8E #9BA68C #8CA6A4

square

#978CA6 #A68C8E #9BA68C #8CA6A4

split-complementary

#978CA6 #A6A48C #8EA68C

monochromatic

#5A5067 #786B8A #978CA6 #B6AFC1 #D5D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#978CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#978CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CA6

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CA6	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.040 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc0',
    500: '#978ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ca6;
$custom-light: #b5adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 12.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6584,
    "c": 0.03997,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CA6

secondary

#C8CCC2

accent

#B67299

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CA6

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