#978FA1#978FA1

#978FA1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.028 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA1
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 161)
HSL	hsl(267, 9%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 6.49, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 10.63, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0162 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.028 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0168, 28.7975, 37.7411)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA1 #99A18F

analogous

#8F90A1 #978FA1 #A08FA1

triadic

#978FA1 #A1978F #8FA197

tetradic

#978FA1 #A18F90 #99A18F #8FA1A0

square

#978FA1 #A18F90 #99A18F #8FA1A0

split-complementary

#978FA1 #A1A08F #90A18F

monochromatic

#5A5363 #786F84 #978FA1 #B6B0BD #D5D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#978FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#978FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA1

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA1	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E92A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.028 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbc',
    500: '#978fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa1;
$custom-light: #b5afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 8.738,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66281,
    "c": 0.02778,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA1

secondary

#C6C9C2

accent

#B27697

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA1

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