#978EA1#978EA1

#978EA1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.030 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA1
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(268, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(268, 12%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 7.06, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 11.29, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0177 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.03 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8674, 28.4986, 37.6913)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA1 #98A18E

analogous

#8E8FA1 #978EA1 #A18EA1

triadic

#978EA1 #A1978E #8EA197

tetradic

#978EA1 #A18E8F #98A18E #8EA1A1

square

#978EA1 #A18E8F #98A18E #8EA1A1

split-complementary

#978EA1 #A1A18E #8FA18E

monochromatic

#5A5263 #786E84 #978EA1 #B6AFBD #D4D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#978EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#978EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA1

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA1	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.030 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbc',
    500: '#978ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea1;
$custom-light: #b5afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 9.179,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66073,
    "c": 0.02955,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA1

secondary

#C6C9C2

accent

#B27695

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA1

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

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