#978DAD#978DAD

#978DAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.048 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DAD
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(259, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, 10.18, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 18.50, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0236 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.048 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8287, 28.6461, 43.4849)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DAD #A3AD8D

analogous

#8D93AD #978DAD #A78DAD

triadic

#978DAD #AD978D #8DAD97

tetradic

#978DAD #AD8D93 #A3AD8D #8DADA7

square

#978DAD #AD8D93 #A3AD8D #8DADA7

split-complementary

#978DAD #ADA78D #93AD8D

monochromatic

#5A506F #776A93 #978DAD #B7B1C7 #D8D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#978DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#978DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DAD

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DAD	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.048 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec5',
    500: '#978dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978dad;
$custom-light: #b5aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 16.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66307,
    "c": 0.04808,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DAD

secondary

#CDD1C5

accent

#9B4B82

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DAD

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

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