#978DBD#978DBD

#978DBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.071 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DBD
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(253, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 13.80, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 27.36, 300.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0288 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.071 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4706, 29.3029, 52.1323)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DBD #B3BD8D

analogous

#8D9BBD #978DBD #AF8DBD

triadic

#978DBD #BD978D #8DBD97

tetradic

#978DBD #BD8D9B #B3BD8D #8DBDAF

square

#978DBD #BD8D9B #B3BD8D #8DBDAF

split-complementary

#978DBD #BDAF8D #9BBD8D

monochromatic

#584C83 #7466A7 #978DBD #BAB4D3 #DEDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#978DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#978DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DBD

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DBD	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.071 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6aed1',
    500: '#978dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978dbd;
$custom-light: #b6aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66948,
    "c": 0.07095,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DBD

secondary

#D8DBCB

accent

#A54090

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DBD

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

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