#978CD5#978CD5

#978CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD5
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(249, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 20.22, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 41.27, 299.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0368 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.107 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1478, 30.1389, 66.9562)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD5 #CAD58C

analogous

#8CA6D5 #978CD5 #BC8CD5

triadic

#978CD5 #D5978C #8CD597

tetradic

#978CD5 #D58CA6 #CAD58C #8CD5BC

square

#978CD5 #D58CA6 #CAD58C #8CD5BC

split-complementary

#978CD5 #D5BC8C #A6D58C

monochromatic

#4E3EA9 #6E5FC5 #978CD5 #C0B9E5 #E8E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#978CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#978CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD5

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD5	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7897D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8999A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade2',
    500: '#978cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd5;
$custom-light: #b7ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.041,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67829,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD5

secondary

#E6E9D4

accent

#BA2CA4

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD5

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

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