#978CA7#978CA7

#978CA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.041 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CA7
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 9.45, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 15.86, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.023 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.041 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1143, 28.1255, 40.4467)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CA7 #9CA78C

analogous

#8C8FA7 #978CA7 #A48CA7

triadic

#978CA7 #A7978C #8CA797

tetradic

#978CA7 #A78C8F #9CA78C #8CA7A4

square

#978CA7 #A78C8F #9CA78C #8CA7A4

split-complementary

#978CA7 #A7A48C #8FA78C

monochromatic

#5A5069 #786B8B #978CA7 #B6AFC2 #D6D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#978CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#978CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CA7

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CA7	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)

#8790A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.041 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc1',
    500: '#978ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ca7;
$custom-light: #b5adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 13.3,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65877,
    "c": 0.04136,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CA7

secondary

#C8CDC2

accent

#974E7A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CA7

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