#978DBB#978DBB

#978DBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.068 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DBB
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(253, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 13.34, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 26.25, 300.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0282 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.068 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2550, 29.2167, 50.9968)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DBB #B1BB8D

analogous

#8D9ABB #978DBB #AE8DBB

triadic

#978DBB #BB978D #8DBB97

tetradic

#978DBB #BB8D9A #B1BB8D #8DBBAE

square

#978DBB #BB8D9A #B1BB8D #8DBBAE

split-complementary

#978DBB #BBAE8D #9ABB8D

monochromatic

#584D81 #7467A4 #978DBB #BAB3D2 #DDDAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#978DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#978DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DBB

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DBB	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8492BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90949D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.068 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6aecf',
    500: '#978dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978dbb;
$custom-light: #b6aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66864,
    "c": 0.06808,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DBB

secondary

#D6DACA

accent

#A4428E

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DBB

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

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