#978EB0#978EB0

#978EB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.051 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EB0
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 176)
HSL	hsl(256, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 19%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 10.27, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 19.51, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0231 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.051 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2704, 29.0598, 45.0802)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EB0 #A7B08E

analogous

#8E96B0 #978EB0 #A88EB0

triadic

#978EB0 #B0978E #8EB097

tetradic

#978EB0 #B08E96 #A7B08E #8EB0A8

square

#978EB0 #B08E96 #A7B08E #8EB0A8

split-complementary

#978EB0 #B0A88E #96B08E

monochromatic

#5A5073 #766A97 #978EB0 #B8B2C9 #D9D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#978EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EB0

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EB0	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.051 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc7',
    500: '#978eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978eb0;
$custom-light: #b5afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 17.708,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66625,
    "c": 0.05068,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EB0

secondary

#D0D3C7

accent

#9C4A86

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EB0

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