#978CAC#978CAC

#978CAC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.048 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CAC
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(261, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 10.53, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 18.59, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0248 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.048 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5855, 28.3140, 42.9282)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CAC #A1AC8C

analogous

#8C91AC #978CAC #A78CAC

triadic

#978CAC #AC978C #8CAC97

tetradic

#978CAC #AC8C91 #A1AC8C #8CACA7

square

#978CAC #AC8C91 #A1AC8C #8CACA7

split-complementary

#978CAC #ACA78C #91AC8C

monochromatic

#5A4F6E #776992 #978CAC #B7B0C6 #D7D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#978CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CAC

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CAC	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.048 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc4',
    500: '#978cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cac;
$custom-light: #b5adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 16.162,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66065,
    "c": 0.04837,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CAC

secondary

#CCD0C4

accent

#9A4B7F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CAC

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

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