#978ECB#978ECB

#978ECB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.089 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978ECB
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(249, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 16.58, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 34.50, 298.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0314 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.089 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2124, 30.2366, 60.5748)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978ECB #C2CB8E

analogous

#8EA4CB #978ECB #B58ECB

triadic

#978ECB #CB978E #8ECB97

tetradic

#978ECB #CB8EA4 #C2CB8E #8ECBB5

square

#978ECB #CB8EA4 #C2CB8E #8ECBB5

split-complementary

#978ECB #CBB58E #A4CB8E

monochromatic

#524698 #7064B8 #978ECB #BEB8DE #E4E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#978ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#978ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978ECB

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978ECB	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C98A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.089 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afdb',
    500: '#978ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ecb;
$custom-light: #b6afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.852,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67755,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978ECB

secondary

#E1E4D1

accent

#B0369E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978ECB

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

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