#978DB2#978DB2

#978DB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.055 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DB2
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 19%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 11.29, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 21.26, 302.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0253 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.055 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3216, 28.8433, 46.0807)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DB2 #A8B28D

analogous

#8D95B2 #978DB2 #A98DB2

triadic

#978DB2 #B2978D #8DB297

tetradic

#978DB2 #B28D95 #A8B28D #8DB2A9

square

#978DB2 #B28D95 #A8B28D #8DB2A9

split-complementary

#978DB2 #B2A98D #95B28D

monochromatic

#5A4F75 #766899 #978DB2 #B8B2CB #DAD6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#978DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DB2

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DB2	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8592B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.055 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6aec9',
    500: '#978db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978db2;
$custom-light: #b6aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.216,
    "s": 19.372,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.665,
    "c": 0.0552,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DB2

secondary

#D0D4C7

accent

#9E4886

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DB2

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

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