#978CAA#978CAA

#978CAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.046 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CAA
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(262, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 10.10, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 17.50, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.024 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.046 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3949, 28.2378, 41.9243)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CAA #9FAA8C

analogous

#8C90AA #978CAA #A68CAA

triadic

#978CAA #AA978C #8CAA97

tetradic

#978CAA #AA8C90 #9FAA8C #8CAAA6

square

#978CAA #AA8C90 #9FAA8C #8CAAA6

split-complementary

#978CAA #AAA68C #90AA8C

monochromatic

#5A506C #776A8F #978CAA #B7AFC4 #D7D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#978CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#978CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CAA

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CAA	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.046 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc3',
    500: '#978caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978caa;
$custom-light: #b5adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65989,
    "c": 0.04556,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CAA

secondary

#CACFC3

accent

#994C7D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CAA

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

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