#978CD4#978CD4

#978CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.105 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD4
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(249, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 19.97, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 40.72, 299.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0365 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.105 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0213, 30.0883, 66.2898)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD4 #C9D48C

analogous

#8CA5D4 #978CD4 #BB8CD4

triadic

#978CD4 #D4978C #8CD497

tetradic

#978CD4 #D48CA5 #C9D48C #8CD4BB

square

#978CD4 #D48CA5 #C9D48C #8CD4BB

split-complementary

#978CD4 #D4BB8C #A5D48C

monochromatic

#4E3EA7 #6F5FC3 #978CD4 #BFB9E5 #E8E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#978CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#978CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD4

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD4	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7896D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8999A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.105 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade1',
    500: '#978cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd4;
$custom-light: #b7ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.167,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67782,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD4

secondary

#E5E8D3

accent

#B92DA3

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD4

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

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