#978EA7#978EA7

#978EA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.038 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA7
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(262, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 8.31, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 14.55, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0199 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.038 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4092, 28.7153, 40.5450)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA7 #9EA78E

analogous

#8E91A7 #978EA7 #A38EA7

triadic

#978EA7 #A7978E #8EA797

tetradic

#978EA7 #A78E91 #9EA78E #8EA7A3

square

#978EA7 #A78E91 #9EA78E #8EA7A3

split-complementary

#978EA7 #A7A38E #91A78E

monochromatic

#5A5269 #786C8B #978EA7 #B7B0C2 #D6D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#978EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#978EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA7

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA7	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.038 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc1',
    500: '#978ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea7;
$custom-light: #b5afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 12.438,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66288,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA7

secondary

#CACDC4

accent

#974F7D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA7

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