#978EA5#978EA5

#978EA5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.035 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA5
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(263, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 7.89, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 13.46, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0192 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.035 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2258, 28.6419, 39.5788)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA5 #9CA58E

analogous

#8E90A5 #978EA5 #A28EA5

triadic

#978EA5 #A5978E #8EA597

tetradic

#978EA5 #A58E90 #9CA58E #8EA5A2

square

#978EA5 #A58E90 #9CA58E #8EA5A2

split-complementary

#978EA5 #A5A28E #90A58E

monochromatic

#5A5267 #786D89 #978EA5 #B6B0C0 #D6D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#978EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#978EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA5

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA5	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.035 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbf',
    500: '#978ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea5;
$custom-light: #b5afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 11.33,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.03508,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA5

secondary

#C8CCC3

accent

#95507A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA5

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

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