#978EBD#978EBD

#978EBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.069 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EBD
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(251, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 13.23, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 26.73, 299.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0273 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.069 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6187, 29.5991, 52.1816)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EBD #B4BD8E

analogous

#8E9DBD #978EBD #AE8EBD

triadic

#978EBD #BD978E #8EBD97

tetradic

#978EBD #BD8E9D #B4BD8E #8EBDAE

square

#978EBD #BD8E9D #B4BD8E #8EBDAE

split-complementary

#978EBD #BDAE8E #9DBD8E

monochromatic

#574D84 #7367A6 #978EBD #BBB5D4 #DEDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#978EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#978EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EBD

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EBD	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.069 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afd1',
    500: '#978ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ebd;
$custom-light: #b6afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.489,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67148,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EBD

secondary

#D8DBCB

accent

#A54192

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EBD

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

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