#978CD2#978CD2

#978CD2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD2
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(249, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 19.46, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 39.62, 299.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.036 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.102 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7705, 29.9880, 64.9693)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD2 #C7D28C

analogous

#8CA4D2 #978CD2 #BA8CD2

triadic

#978CD2 #D2978C #8CD297

tetradic

#978CD2 #D28CA4 #C7D28C #8CD2BA

square

#978CD2 #D28CA4 #C7D28C #8CD2BA

split-complementary

#978CD2 #D2BA8C #A4D28C

monochromatic

#5040A4 #6F60C1 #978CD2 #BFB8E3 #E7E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#978CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#978CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD2

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD2	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7996D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7993D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A98A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade0',
    500: '#978cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd2;
$custom-light: #b7ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67687,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD2

secondary

#E4E7D2

accent

#B72FA1

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD2

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