#978EBE#978EBE

#978EBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.071 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EBE
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, 13.46, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 27.28, 299.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0277 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.071 293)
XYZ	xyz(31.7276, 29.6427, 52.7553)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EBE #B5BE8E

analogous

#8E9DBE #978EBE #AF8EBE

triadic

#978EBE #BE978E #8EBE97

tetradic

#978EBE #BE8E9D #B5BE8E #8EBEAF

square

#978EBE #BE8E9D #B5BE8E #8EBEAF

split-complementary

#978EBE #BEAF8E #9DBE8E

monochromatic

#574D85 #7367A8 #978EBE #BBB5D4 #DFDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#978EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#978EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EBE

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EBE	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.071 293.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67189,
    "c": 0.07077,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.29643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EBE

secondary

#D9DCCC

accent

#A64092

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EBE

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

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