#978EA9#978EA9

#978EA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.041 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EA9
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(260, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(260, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 8.74, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 15.65, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.0207 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.041 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5956, 28.7899, 41.5263)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EA9 #A0A98E

analogous

#8E92A9 #978EA9 #A48EA9

triadic

#978EA9 #A9978E #8EA997

tetradic

#978EA9 #A98E92 #A0A98E #8EA9A4

square

#978EA9 #A98E92 #A0A98E #8EA9A4

split-complementary

#978EA9 #A9A48E #92A98E

monochromatic

#5A526B #776C8E #978EA9 #B7B1C3 #D7D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#978EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#978EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EA9

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EA9	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.041 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc2',
    500: '#978ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ea9;
$custom-light: #b5afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66361,
    "c": 0.0407,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EA9

secondary

#CBCEC4

accent

#984E7F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EA9

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

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