#978CCD#978CCD

#978CCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.095 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CCD
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(250, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 18.22, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 36.86, 299.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0348 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.095 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1573, 29.7427, 61.7398)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CCD #C2CD8C

analogous

#8CA1CD #978CCD #B88CCD

triadic

#978CCD #CD978C #8CCD97

tetradic

#978CCD #CD8CA1 #C2CD8C #8CCDB8

square

#978CCD #CD8CA1 #C2CD8C #8CCDB8

split-complementary

#978CCD #CDB88C #A1CD8C

monochromatic

#52439B #7061BA #978CCD #BEB7E0 #E4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#978CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#978CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CCD

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CCD	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B97A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.095 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7addc',
    500: '#978ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ccd;
$custom-light: #b7addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.154,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67454,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CCD

secondary

#E1E4D0

accent

#B2339D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CCD

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

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