#978DA7#978DA7

#978DA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.040 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DA7
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 167)
HSL	hsl(263, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 8.88, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 15.20, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% 0.0215 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.04 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2611, 28.4191, 40.4956)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DA7 #9DA78D

analogous

#8D90A7 #978DA7 #A48DA7

triadic

#978DA7 #A7978D #8DA797

tetradic

#978DA7 #A78D90 #9DA78D #8DA7A4

square

#978DA7 #A78D90 #9DA78D #8DA7A4

split-complementary

#978DA7 #A7A48D #90A78D

monochromatic

#5A5169 #786C8B #978DA7 #B7B0C2 #D6D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#978DA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#978DA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DA7

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DA7	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A91A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978da7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.040 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec1',
    500: '#978da7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978da7;
$custom-light: #b5aec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978da7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 12.871,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66082,
    "c": 0.03962,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DA7

secondary

#C9CDC3

accent

#974F7B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DA7

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