#978EAA#978EAA

#978EAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.042 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EAA
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(259, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 8.96, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 16.20, 303.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.021 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.042 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6898, 28.8275, 42.0226)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EAA #A1AA8E

analogous

#8E93AA #978EAA #A58EAA

triadic

#978EAA #AA978E #8EAA97

tetradic

#978EAA #AA8E93 #A1AA8E #8EAAA5

square

#978EAA #AA8E93 #A1AA8E #8EAAA5

split-complementary

#978EAA #AAA58E #93AA8E

monochromatic

#5A516C #776C8F #978EAA #B7B1C4 #D7D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#978EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EAA

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EAA	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.042 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc3',
    500: '#978eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978eaa;
$custom-light: #b5afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66398,
    "c": 0.04212,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EAA

secondary

#CCCFC5

accent

#984D80

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EAA

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

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