#978EAE#978EAE

#978EAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.048 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EAE
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 9.83, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 18.40, 302.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0224 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.048 298)
XYZ	xyz(30.0739, 28.9812, 44.0457)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EAE #A5AE8E

analogous

#8E95AE #978EAE #A78EAE

triadic

#978EAE #AE978E #8EAE97

tetradic

#978EAE #AE8E95 #A5AE8E #8EAEA7

square

#978EAE #AE8E95 #A5AE8E #8EAEA7

split-complementary

#978EAE #AEA78E #95AE8E

monochromatic

#5A5171 #766A94 #978EAE #B8B2C8 #D9D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#978EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#978EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EAE

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EAE	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.048 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc6',
    500: '#978eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978eae;
$custom-light: #b5afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 16.495,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66549,
    "c": 0.04781,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.28981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EAE

secondary

#CED2C6

accent

#9B4B84

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EAE

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