#978EB2#978EB2

#978EB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.054 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EB2
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 20%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 10.71, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 20.62, 301.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0238 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.054 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4697, 29.1395, 46.1301)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EB2 #A9B28E

analogous

#8E97B2 #978EB2 #A98EB2

triadic

#978EB2 #B2978E #8EB297

tetradic

#978EB2 #B28E97 #A9B28E #8EB2A9

square

#978EB2 #B28E97 #A9B28E #8EB2A9

split-complementary

#978EB2 #B2A98E #97B28E

monochromatic

#595076 #766A99 #978EB2 #B8B2CB #DAD7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#978EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EB2

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EB2	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92939A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.054 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afc9',
    500: '#978eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978eb2;
$custom-light: #b6afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 18.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66703,
    "c": 0.05354,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EB2

secondary

#D1D4C7

accent

#9D4888

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EB2

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