#978DA2#978DA2

#978DA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.033 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DA2
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 162)
HSL	hsl(269, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(269, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 13%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 7.83, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 12.49, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0196 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.033 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8078, 28.2378, 38.1082)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DA2 #98A28D

analogous

#8D8EA2 #978DA2 #A28DA2

triadic

#978DA2 #A2978D #8DA297

tetradic

#978DA2 #A28D8E #98A28D #8DA2A2

square

#978DA2 #A28D8E #98A28D #8DA2A2

split-complementary

#978DA2 #A2A28D #8EA28D

monochromatic

#5A5163 #786D85 #978DA2 #B6AFBD #D4D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#978DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#978DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DA2

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DA2	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.033 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aebd',
    500: '#978da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978da2;
$custom-light: #b5aebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 10.145,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65902,
    "c": 0.0327,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DA2

secondary

#C6C9C1

accent

#B37595

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DA2

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