#978EA4#978EA4

#978EA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.034 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA4
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(265, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 7.68, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 12.91, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0188 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.034 304)
XYZ	xyz(29.1351, 28.6057, 39.1013)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA4 #9BA48E

analogous

#8E90A4 #978EA4 #A28EA4

triadic

#978EA4 #A4978E #8EA497

tetradic

#978EA4 #A48E90 #9BA48E #8EA4A2

square

#978EA4 #A48E90 #9BA48E #8EA4A2

split-complementary

#978EA4 #A4A28E #90A48E

monochromatic

#5A5266 #786D88 #978EA4 #B6B0BF #D5D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#978EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#978EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA4

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA4	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.034 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbf',
    500: '#978ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea4;
$custom-light: #b5afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66179,
    "c": 0.03368,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.28606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA4

secondary

#C8CBC3

accent

#B4749A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA4

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

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