#978DC4#978DC4

#978DC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.081 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DC4
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(251, 32%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 15.46, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 31.24, 299.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0309 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.081 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2488, 29.6142, 56.2309)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DC4 #BAC48D

analogous

#8D9EC4 #978DC4 #B28DC4

triadic

#978DC4 #C4978D #8DC497

tetradic

#978DC4 #C48D9E #BAC48D #8DC4B2

square

#978DC4 #C48D9E #BAC48D #8DC4B2

split-complementary

#978DC4 #C4B28D #9EC48D

monochromatic

#56498D #7265AF #978DC4 #BCB5D9 #E1DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#978DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#978DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978DC4

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DC4	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E96A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.081 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6aed6',
    500: '#978dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978dc4;
$custom-light: #b6aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 31.792,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DC4

secondary

#DCDFCD

accent

#AB3B96

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DC4

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

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