#978EC2#978EC2

#978EC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.077 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EC2
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(250, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(250, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 14.41, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 29.51, 299.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0289 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.077 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1708, 29.8200, 55.0894)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EC2 #B9C28E

analogous

#8E9FC2 #978EC2 #B18EC2

triadic

#978EC2 #C2978E #8EC297

tetradic

#978EC2 #C28E9F #B9C28E #8EC2B1

square

#978EC2 #C28E9F #B9C28E #8EC2B1

split-complementary

#978EC2 #C2B18E #9FC28E

monochromatic

#564B8B #7266AD #978EC2 #BCB6D7 #E0DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#978EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#978EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EC2

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EC2	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8294C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E96A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.077 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afd4',
    500: '#978ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ec2;
$custom-light: #b6afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 29.885,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67359,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EC2

secondary

#DCDECD

accent

#A93D96

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EC2

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

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