#978CB2#978CB2

#978CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.057 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CB2
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 11.86, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 21.90, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0268 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.057 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1748, 28.5497, 46.0318)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CB2 #A7B28C

analogous

#8C94B2 #978CB2 #AA8CB2

triadic

#978CB2 #B2978C #8CB297

tetradic

#978CB2 #B28C94 #A7B28C #8CB2AA

square

#978CB2 #B28C94 #A7B28C #8CB2AA

split-complementary

#978CB2 #B2AA8C #94B28C

monochromatic

#5A4E75 #766799 #978CB2 #B8B1CB #D9D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#978CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#978CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CB2

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CB2	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.057 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adc9',
    500: '#978cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cb2;
$custom-light: #b6adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66298,
    "c": 0.05687,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CB2

secondary

#D0D4C6

accent

#9E4785

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CB2

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

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