#978ECD#978ECD

#978ECD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978ECD
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(249, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 17.07, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 35.61, 298.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.032 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.092 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4522, 30.3325, 61.8381)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978ECD #C4CD8E

analogous

#8EA4CD #978ECD #B68ECD

triadic

#978ECD #CD978E #8ECD97

tetradic

#978ECD #CD8EA4 #C4CD8E #8ECDB6

square

#978ECD #CD8EA4 #C4CD8E #8ECDB6

split-complementary

#978ECD #CDB68E #A4CD8E

monochromatic

#51459C #7064BA #978ECD #BEB8E0 #E5E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#978ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#978ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978ECD

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978ECD	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B99A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afdc',
    500: '#978ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ecd;
$custom-light: #b7afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67845,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978ECD

secondary

#E2E5D2

accent

#B234A0

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #978ECD

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

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