#978EAD#978EAD

#978EAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.046 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EAD
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 9.61, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 17.85, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0221 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.046 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9768, 28.9424, 43.5342)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EAD #A4AD8E

analogous

#8E95AD #978EAD #A78EAD

triadic

#978EAD #AD978E #8EAD97

tetradic

#978EAD #AD8E95 #A4AD8E #8EADA7

square

#978EAD #AD8E95 #A4AD8E #8EADA7

split-complementary

#978EAD #ADA78E #95AD8E

monochromatic

#5A5170 #766B93 #978EAD #B8B1C7 #D8D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#978EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#978EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EAD

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EAD	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8892AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.046 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc5',
    500: '#978ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ead;
$custom-light: #b5afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 15.897,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66511,
    "c": 0.04639,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EAD

secondary

#CED1C6

accent

#9A4B83

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EAD

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

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