#978EA3#978EA3

#978EA3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.032 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA3
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(266, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 7.47, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 12.37, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0185 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.032 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0452, 28.5697, 38.6276)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA3 #9AA38E

analogous

#8E90A3 #978EA3 #A28EA3

triadic

#978EA3 #A3978E #8EA397

tetradic

#978EA3 #A38E90 #9AA38E #8EA3A2

square

#978EA3 #A38E90 #9AA38E #8EA3A2

split-complementary

#978EA3 #A3A28E #90A38E

monochromatic

#5A5265 #786D86 #978EA3 #B6B0BE #D5D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#978EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#978EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA3

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA3	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)

#8B91A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.032 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbe',
    500: '#978ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea3;
$custom-light: #b5afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66144,
    "c": 0.0323,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA3

secondary

#C7CAC2

accent

#B37598

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA3

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

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