#978DDD#978DDD

#978DDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.116 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978DDD
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(248, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 21.68, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 45.05, 298.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0372 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.116 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3351, 30.8487, 72.4853)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978DDD #D3DD8D

analogous

#8DABDD #978DDD #BF8DDD

triadic

#978DDD #DD978D #8DDD97

tetradic

#978DDD #DD8DAB #D3DD8D #8DDDBF

square

#978DDD #DD8DAB #D3DD8D #8DDDBF

split-complementary

#978DDD #DDBF8D #ABDD8D

monochromatic

#4737B9 #6C5ECF #978DDD #C2BCEB #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#978DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#978DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978DDD

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978DDD	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7599E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.116 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7aee8',
    500: '#978ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ddd;
$custom-light: #b7aee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6841,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978DDD

secondary

#EBEED8

accent

#C224AE

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #978DDD

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

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