#978CB4#978CB4

#978CB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.060 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CB4
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 12.31, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 23.01, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0274 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.06 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3771, 28.6306, 47.0971)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CB4 #A9B48C

analogous

#8C95B4 #978CB4 #AB8CB4

triadic

#978CB4 #B4978C #8CB497

tetradic

#978CB4 #B48C95 #A9B48C #8CB4AB

square

#978CB4 #B48C95 #A9B48C #8CB4AB

split-complementary

#978CB4 #B4AB8C #95B48C

monochromatic

#594E78 #76679C #978CB4 #B8B1CC #DAD6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#978CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#978CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CB4

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CB4	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.060 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adca',
    500: '#978cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cb4;
$custom-light: #b6adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66378,
    "c": 0.05972,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CB4

secondary

#D1D5C7

accent

#9F4687

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CB4

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

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