#978DBE#978DBE

#978DBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.072 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DBE
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(252, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(252, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 14.04, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 27.91, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0291 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.072 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5795, 29.3465, 52.7059)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DBE #B4BE8D

analogous

#8D9CBE #978DBE #B08DBE

triadic

#978DBE #BE978D #8DBE97

tetradic

#978DBE #BE8D9C #B4BE8D #8DBEB0

square

#978DBE #BE8D9C #B4BE8D #8DBEB0

split-complementary

#978DBE #BEB08D #9CBE8D

monochromatic

#574C85 #7366A8 #978DBE #BBB4D4 #DEDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#978DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#978DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DBE

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DBE	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.072 293.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.245,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6699,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DBE

secondary

#D8DCCB

accent

#A64091

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DBE

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