#978CD0#978CD0

#978CD0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD0
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(250, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 18.96, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 38.51, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0355 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.1 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5229, 29.8890, 63.6653)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD0 #C5D08C

analogous

#8CA3D0 #978CD0 #B98CD0

triadic

#978CD0 #D0978C #8CD097

tetradic

#978CD0 #D08CA3 #C5D08C #8CD0B9

square

#978CD0 #D08CA3 #C5D08C #8CD0B9

split-complementary

#978CD0 #D0B98C #A3D08C

monochromatic

#5141A0 #7061BE #978CD0 #BEB7E2 #E6E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#978CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#978CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD0

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD0	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A96D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A98A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adde',
    500: '#978cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd0;
$custom-light: #b7adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.706,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67593,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD0

secondary

#E3E6D2

accent

#B530A0

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD0

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

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