#978EA0#978EA0

#978EA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.028 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA0
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(270, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 6.85, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 10.76, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0174 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.028 308)
XYZ	xyz(28.7796, 28.4635, 37.2287)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA0 #97A08E

analogous

#8E8EA0 #978EA0 #A08EA0

triadic

#978EA0 #A0978E #8EA097

tetradic

#978EA0 #A08E8E #97A08E #8EA0A0

square

#978EA0 #A08E8E #97A08E #8EA0A0

split-complementary

#978EA0 #A0A08E #8EA08E

monochromatic

#5A5262 #786E83 #978EA0 #B6AFBC #D4D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#978EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#978EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA0

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA0	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D919F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.028 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbc',
    500: '#978ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea0;
$custom-light: #b5afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66038,
    "c": 0.02819,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.28463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA0

secondary

#C5C8C1

accent

#B27694

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA0

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

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