#978CBB#978CBB

#978CBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.070 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CBB
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 187)
HSL	hsl(254, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 13.91, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 26.88, 301.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0297 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.07 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1082, 28.9231, 50.9479)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CBB #B0BB8C

analogous

#8C99BB #978CBB #AF8CBB

triadic

#978CBB #BB978C #8CBB97

tetradic

#978CBB #BB8C99 #B0BB8C #8CBBAF

square

#978CBB #BB8C99 #B0BB8C #8CBBAF

split-complementary

#978CBB #BBAF8C #99BB8C

monochromatic

#584C81 #7466A4 #978CBB #BAB2D2 #DDD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#978CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CBB

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CBB	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90939C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.070 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adcf',
    500: '#978cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cbb;
$custom-light: #b6adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66664,
    "c": 0.06971,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CBB

secondary

#D6DAC9

accent

#A4418D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CBB

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

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