#978CBF#978CBF

#978CBF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.075 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CBF
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 191)
HSL	hsl(253, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 14.85, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 29.10, 300.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0309 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.075 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5424, 29.0968, 53.2346)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CBF #B4BF8C

analogous

#8C9BBF #978CBF #B18CBF

triadic

#978CBF #BF978C #8CBF97

tetradic

#978CBF #BF8C9B #B4BF8C #8CBFB1

square

#978CBF #BF8C9B #B4BF8C #8CBFB1

split-complementary

#978CBF #BFB18C #9BBF8C

monochromatic

#574B86 #7365A9 #978CBF #BBB3D5 #DEDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#978CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CBF

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CBF	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8093C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.075 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6add2',
    500: '#978cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cbf;
$custom-light: #b6add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 28.492,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66833,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CBF

secondary

#D8DCCB

accent

#A73E91

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CBF

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

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