#978EC3#978EC3

#978EC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.078 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EC3
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(250, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(250, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 14.65, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 30.06, 299.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0292 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.078 292)
XYZ	xyz(32.2835, 29.8650, 55.6829)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EC3 #BAC38E

analogous

#8E9FC3 #978EC3 #B18EC3

triadic

#978EC3 #C3978E #8EC397

tetradic

#978EC3 #C38E9F #BAC38E #8EC3B1

square

#978EC3 #C38E9F #BAC38E #8EC3B1

split-complementary

#978EC3 #C3B18E #9FC38E

monochromatic

#564A8C #7266AE #978EC3 #BCB6D8 #E1DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#978EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#978EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978EC3

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EC3	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8294C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E97A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.078 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afd5',
    500: '#978ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ec3;
$custom-light: #b6afd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.189,
    "s": 30.636,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67402,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.29865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EC3

secondary

#DCDFCE

accent

#A93C97

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EC3

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

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