#978CD3#978CD3

#978CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD3
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(249, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 19.71, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 40.17, 299.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0363 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.104 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8955, 30.0380, 65.6275)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD3 #C8D38C

analogous

#8CA5D3 #978CD3 #BB8CD3

triadic

#978CD3 #D3978C #8CD397

tetradic

#978CD3 #D38CA5 #C8D38C #8CD3BB

square

#978CD3 #D38CA5 #C8D38C #8CD3BB

split-complementary

#978CD3 #D3BB8C #A5D38C

monochromatic

#4F3FA5 #6F60C2 #978CD3 #BFB8E4 #E7E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#978CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#978CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD3

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD3	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7996D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7993D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8998A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade0',
    500: '#978cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd3;
$custom-light: #b7ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.296,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67734,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD3

secondary

#E5E8D3

accent

#B82EA2

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD3

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

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