#978CDB#978CDB

#978CDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978CDB
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(248, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(248, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 21.74, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 44.58, 299.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0382 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.115 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9235, 30.4492, 71.0414)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978CDB #D0DB8C

analogous

#8CA9DB #978CDB #BE8CDB

triadic

#978CDB #DB978C #8CDB97

tetradic

#978CDB #DB8CA9 #D0DB8C #8CDBBE

square

#978CDB #DB8CA9 #D0DB8C #8CDBBE

split-complementary

#978CDB #DBBE8C #A9DB8C

monochromatic

#4A38B4 #6D5DCC #978CDB #C1BBEA #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#978CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#978CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978CDB

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978CDB	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7598DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ade6',
    500: '#978cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978cdb;
$custom-light: #b7ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.354,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6812,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978CDB

secondary

#E9ECD7

accent

#C026AA

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #978CDB

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

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