#978EDD#978EDD

#978EDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EDD
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(247, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(247, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 21.10, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 44.43, 298.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0359 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.115 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4832, 31.1449, 72.5347)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EDD #D4DD8E

analogous

#8EACDD #978EDD #BE8EDD

triadic

#978EDD #DD978E #8EDD97

tetradic

#978EDD #DD8EAC #D4DD8E #8EDDBE

square

#978EDD #DD8EAC #D4DD8E #8EDDBE

split-complementary

#978EDD #DDBE8E #ACDD8E

monochromatic

#4638B9 #6C5FCF #978EDD #C2BDEB #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#978EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#978EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978EDD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EDD	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7799E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afe8',
    500: '#978edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978edd;
$custom-light: #b7afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.835,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68601,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EDD

secondary

#EBEED9

accent

#C124AF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#111016

muted

#807F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EDD

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

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