#978CD9#978CD9

#978CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.112 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CD9
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(249, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 21.23, -37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 43.48, 299.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0377 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.112 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6617, 30.3445, 69.6631)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CD9 #CED98C

analogous

#8CA8D9 #978CD9 #BD8CD9

triadic

#978CD9 #D9978C #8CD997

tetradic

#978CD9 #D98CA8 #CED98C #8CD9BD

square

#978CD9 #D98CA8 #CED98C #8CD9BD

split-complementary

#978CD9 #D9BD8C #A8D98C

monochromatic

#4B3AB0 #6D5ECA #978CD9 #C1BAE8 #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#978CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#978CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CD9

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CD9	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7697DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7694D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.112 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade5',
    500: '#978cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cd9;
$custom-light: #b7ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68022,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CD9

secondary

#E8EBD6

accent

#BE28A8

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111015

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CD9

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

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