#978DAE#978DAE

#978DAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.050 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DAE
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(258, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 19%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 10.40, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 19.05, 303.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0239 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.05 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9258, 28.6850, 43.9964)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DAE #A4AE8D

analogous

#8D94AE #978DAE #A88DAE

triadic

#978DAE #AE978D #8DAE97

tetradic

#978DAE #AE8D94 #A4AE8D #8DAEA8

square

#978DAE #AE8D94 #A4AE8D #8DAEA8

split-complementary

#978DAE #AEA88D #94AE8D

monochromatic

#5A5071 #766994 #978DAE #B8B1C7 #D8D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#978DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#978DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DAE

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DAE	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.050 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aec6',
    500: '#978dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978dae;
$custom-light: #b5aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.182,
    "s": 16.923,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66345,
    "c": 0.0495,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DAE

secondary

#CED2C5

accent

#9B4A83

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DAE

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

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