#978CD7#978CD7

#978CD7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.110 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD7
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(249, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 20.72, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 42.37, 299.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0372 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.11 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4032, 30.2411, 68.3013)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD7 #CCD78C

analogous

#8CA7D7 #978CD7 #BD8CD7

triadic

#978CD7 #D7978C #8CD797

tetradic

#978CD7 #D78CA7 #CCD78C #8CD7BD

square

#978CD7 #D78CA7 #CCD78C #8CD7BD

split-complementary

#978CD7 #D7BD8C #A7D78C

monochromatic

#4D3CAD #6E5FC7 #978CD7 #C0B9E7 #E9E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#978CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#978CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD7

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD7	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7797DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7794D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8899A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.110 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade3',
    500: '#978cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd7;
$custom-light: #b7ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.8,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67925,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD7

secondary

#E7EAD5

accent

#BC2AA6

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD7

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

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