#978EC0#978EC0

#978EC0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.074 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EC0
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(251, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 13.93, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 28.40, 299.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0283 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.074 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9477, 29.7307, 53.9144)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EC0 #B7C08E

analogous

#8E9EC0 #978EC0 #B08EC0

triadic

#978EC0 #C0978E #8EC097

tetradic

#978EC0 #C08E9E #B7C08E #8EC0B0

square

#978EC0 #C08E9E #B7C08E #8EC0B0

split-complementary

#978EC0 #C0B08E #9EC08E

monochromatic

#574C88 #7367AA #978EC0 #BBB5D6 #DFDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#978EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#978EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EC0

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EC0	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8295C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.074 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afd3',
    500: '#978ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ec0;
$custom-light: #b6afd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 28.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67274,
    "c": 0.07364,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EC0

secondary

#DADDCD

accent

#A73E94

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EC0

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

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