#978DA0#978DA0

#978DA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.030 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DA0
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 160)
HSL	hsl(272, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 7.42, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 11.42, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0189 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.03 309)
XYZ	xyz(28.6314, 28.1672, 37.1794)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DA0 #96A08D

analogous

#8E8DA0 #978DA0 #A08DA0

triadic

#978DA0 #A0978D #8DA097

tetradic

#978DA0 #A08E8D #96A08D #8DA0A0

square

#978DA0 #A08E8D #96A08D #8DA0A0

split-complementary

#978DA0 #A0A08D #8DA08E

monochromatic

#5A5161 #786D83 #978DA0 #B5AEBC #D4D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#978DA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#978DA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DA0

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DA0	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C919F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978da0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.030 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aebc',
    500: '#978da0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978da0;
$custom-light: #b5aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978da0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65831,
    "c": 0.02999,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.28167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DA0

secondary

#C4C8C1

accent

#B27692

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DA0

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