#978CCC#978CCC

#978CCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.094 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CCC
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(250, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 17.98, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 36.30, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0345 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.094 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0370, 29.6946, 61.1061)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CCC #C1CC8C

analogous

#8CA1CC #978CCC #B78CCC

triadic

#978CCC #CC978C #8CCC97

tetradic

#978CCC #CC8CA1 #C1CC8C #8CCCB7

square

#978CCC #CC8CA1 #C1CC8C #8CCCB7

split-complementary

#978CCC #CCB78C #A1CC8C

monochromatic

#53449A #7162B9 #978CCC #BDB6DF #E4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#978CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#978CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CCC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CCC	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C97A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.094 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7addb',
    500: '#978ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ccc;
$custom-light: #b7addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.313,
    "s": 38.554,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67408,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CCC

secondary

#E0E4D0

accent

#B2349C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CCC

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

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