#978CCB#978CCB

#978CCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.093 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CCB
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 203)
HSL	hsl(250, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 31%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 17.73, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 35.75, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0343 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.093 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9175, 29.6468, 60.4765)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CCB #C0CB8C

analogous

#8CA1CB #978CCB #B78CCB

triadic

#978CCB #CB978C #8CCB97

tetradic

#978CCB #CB8CA1 #C0CB8C #8CCBB7

square

#978CCB #CB8CA1 #C0CB8C #8CCBB7

split-complementary

#978CCB #CBB78C #A1CB8C

monochromatic

#534598 #7162B8 #978CCB #BDB6DE #E3E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#978CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#978CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CCB

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CCB	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C97A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.093 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6addb',
    500: '#978ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ccb;
$custom-light: #b6addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67363,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CCB

secondary

#E0E3CF

accent

#B1359B

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CCB

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

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