#978DA4#978DA4

#978DA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.035 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DA4
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(266, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 8.25, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 13.57, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0204 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.035 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9870, 28.3095, 39.0519)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DA4 #9AA48D

analogous

#8D8EA4 #978DA4 #A38DA4

triadic

#978DA4 #A4978D #8DA497

tetradic

#978DA4 #A48D8E #9AA48D #8DA4A3

square

#978DA4 #A48D8E #9AA48D #8DA4A3

split-complementary

#978DA4 #A4A38D #8EA48D

monochromatic

#5A5166 #786C88 #978DA4 #B6AFBF #D5D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#978DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#978DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DA4

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DA4	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.035 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aebf',
    500: '#978da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978da4;
$custom-light: #b5aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 11.22,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65973,
    "c": 0.03545,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DA4

secondary

#C7CBC2

accent

#B47498

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DA4

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