#978EE3#978EE3

#978EE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978EE3
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(246, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(246, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 22.66, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 47.73, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0372 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.123 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2969, 31.4704, 76.8202)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978EE3 #DAE38E

analogous

#8EB0E3 #978EE3 #C28EE3

triadic

#978EE3 #E3978E #8EE397

tetradic

#978EE3 #E38EB0 #DAE38E #8EE3C2

square

#978EE3 #E38EB0 #DAE38E #8EE3C2

split-complementary

#978EE3 #E3C28E #B0E38E

monochromatic

#4131C6 #6A5DD7 #978EE3 #C4BFEF #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#978EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#978EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #978EE3

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978EE3	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849EAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8afec',
    500: '#978ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978ee3;
$custom-light: #b8afec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.353,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978EE3

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C81EB6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #978EE3

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

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