#978DA3#978DA3

#978DA3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.034 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DA3
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 163)
HSL	hsl(267, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 8.04, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 13.03, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.02 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.034 306)
XYZ	xyz(28.8971, 28.2735, 38.5782)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DA3 #99A38D

analogous

#8D8EA3 #978DA3 #A28DA3

triadic

#978DA3 #A3978D #8DA397

tetradic

#978DA3 #A38D8E #99A38D #8DA3A2

square

#978DA3 #A38D8E #99A38D #8DA3A2

split-complementary

#978DA3 #A3A28D #8EA38D

monochromatic

#5A5164 #786C86 #978DA3 #B6AFBE #D5D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#978DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#978DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DA3

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DA3	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)

#8A91A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.034 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aebe',
    500: '#978da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978da3;
$custom-light: #b5aebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 10.68,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65937,
    "c": 0.03407,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.28273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DA3

secondary

#C6CAC2

accent

#B47497

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DA3

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

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