#978CD6#978CD6

#978CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.108 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD6
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(249, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 20.47, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 41.82, 299.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.037 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.108 290)
XYZ	xyz(34.2751, 30.1898, 67.6267)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD6 #CBD68C

analogous

#8CA6D6 #978CD6 #BC8CD6

triadic

#978CD6 #D6978C #8CD697

tetradic

#978CD6 #D68CA6 #CBD68C #8CD6BC

square

#978CD6 #D68CA6 #CBD68C #8CD6BC

split-complementary

#978CD6 #D6BC8C #A6D68C

monochromatic

#4D3DAB #6E5FC6 #978CD6 #C0B9E6 #E9E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#978CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#978CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD6

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD6	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7797D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7794D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8999A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.108 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade3',
    500: '#978cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd6;
$custom-light: #b7ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.919,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67877,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.30191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD6

secondary

#E6EAD4

accent

#BB2BA5

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD6

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

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