#978DAA#978DAA

#978DAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.044 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DAA
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 9.53, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 16.85, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0225 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.044 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5417, 28.5313, 41.9732)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DAA #A0AA8D

analogous

#8D91AA #978DAA #A58DAA

triadic

#978DAA #AA978D #8DAA97

tetradic

#978DAA #AA8D91 #A0AA8D #8DAAA5

square

#978DAA #AA8D91 #A0AA8D #8DAAA5

split-complementary

#978DAA #AAA58D #91AA8D

monochromatic

#5A516C #776B8F #978DAA #B7B0C4 #D7D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#978DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#978DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DAA

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DAA	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8891AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.044 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec3',
    500: '#978daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978daa;
$custom-light: #b5aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 14.573,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66193,
    "c": 0.04384,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DAA

secondary

#CBCFC4

accent

#994D7F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DAA

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

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