#978EA2#978EA2

#978EA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.031 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA2
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(267, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 7.26, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 11.83, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0181 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.031 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9559, 28.5340, 38.1576)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA2 #99A28E

analogous

#8E8FA2 #978EA2 #A18EA2

triadic

#978EA2 #A2978E #8EA297

tetradic

#978EA2 #A28E8F #99A28E #8EA2A1

square

#978EA2 #A28E8F #99A28E #8EA2A1

split-complementary

#978EA2 #A2A18E #8FA28E

monochromatic

#5A5264 #786E85 #978EA2 #B6B0BE #D5D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#978EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#978EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA2

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA2	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.031 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbd',
    500: '#978ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea2;
$custom-light: #b5afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66108,
    "c": 0.03092,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA2

secondary

#C6CAC2

accent

#B37597

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA2

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

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