#978EAB#978EAB

#978EAB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.044 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EAB
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 171)
HSL	hsl(259, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 9.17, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 16.75, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0214 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.044 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7847, 28.8655, 42.5226)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EAB #A2AB8E

analogous

#8E94AB #978EAB #A68EAB

triadic

#978EAB #AB978E #8EAB97

tetradic

#978EAB #AB8E94 #A2AB8E #8EABA6

square

#978EAB #AB8E94 #A2AB8E #8EABA6

split-complementary

#978EAB #ABA68E #94AB8E

monochromatic

#5A516D #776B90 #978EAB #B7B1C5 #D8D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#978EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EAB

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EAB	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)

#8992AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.044 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc4',
    500: '#978eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978eab;
$custom-light: #b5afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 14.721,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66435,
    "c": 0.04354,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EAB

secondary

#CCD0C5

accent

#994D81

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EAB

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

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