#978EBB#978EBB

#978EBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.066 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EBB
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(252, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(252, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 12.76, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 25.62, 299.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0267 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.066 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4031, 29.5129, 51.0462)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EBB #B2BB8E

analogous

#8E9CBB #978EBB #AE8EBB

triadic

#978EBB #BB978E #8EBB97

tetradic

#978EBB #BB8E9C #B2BB8E #8EBBAE

square

#978EBB #BB8E9C #B2BB8E #8EBBAE

split-complementary

#978EBB #BBAE8E #9CBB8E

monochromatic

#584E81 #7468A4 #978EBB #BAB4D2 #DDDAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#978EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#978EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EBB

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EBB	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90959D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.066 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afcf',
    500: '#978ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ebb;
$custom-light: #b6afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67065,
    "c": 0.06646,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EBB

secondary

#D7DACB

accent

#A34290

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EBB

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

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