#978CAD#978CAD

#978CAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.050 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CAD
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 173)
HSL	hsl(260, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(260, 19%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 10.75, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 19.14, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.0251 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.05 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6819, 28.3526, 43.4359)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CAD #A2AD8C

analogous

#8C92AD #978CAD #A88CAD

triadic

#978CAD #AD978C #8CAD97

tetradic

#978CAD #AD8C92 #A2AD8C #8CADA8

square

#978CAD #AD8C92 #A2AD8C #8CADA8

split-complementary

#978CAD #ADA88C #92AD8C

monochromatic

#5A4F6F #776993 #978CAD #B7B0C6 #D8D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#978CAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CAD

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CAD	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8791AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.050 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adc5',
    500: '#978cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cad;
$custom-light: #b5adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 16.751,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66103,
    "c": 0.04978,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CAD

secondary

#CCD1C4

accent

#9B4B80

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CAD

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

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