#978FA0#978FA0

#978FA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.026 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA0
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(268, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(268, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 6.28, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 10.09, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.0158 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.026 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9290, 28.7624, 37.2785)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA0 #98A08F

analogous

#8F90A0 #978FA0 #A08FA0

triadic

#978FA0 #A0978F #8FA097

tetradic

#978FA0 #A08F90 #98A08F #8FA0A0

square

#978FA0 #A08F90 #98A08F #8FA0A0

split-complementary

#978FA0 #A0A08F #90A08F

monochromatic

#5A5362 #786F83 #978FA0 #B6B0BC #D4D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#978FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#978FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA0

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA0	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.026 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbc',
    500: '#978fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa0;
$custom-light: #b5afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 8.213,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66246,
    "c": 0.02641,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA0

secondary

#C6C9C2

accent

#B17796

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA0

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

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