#978FA2#978FA2

#978FA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.029 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA2
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 162)
HSL	hsl(265, 9%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 6.70, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 11.17, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0166 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.029 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1054, 28.8329, 38.2074)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA2 #9AA28F

analogous

#8F91A2 #978FA2 #A08FA2

triadic

#978FA2 #A2978F #8FA297

tetradic

#978FA2 #A28F91 #9AA28F #8FA2A0

square

#978FA2 #A28F91 #9AA28F #8FA2A0

split-complementary

#978FA2 #A2A08F #91A28F

monochromatic

#5A5364 #786F85 #978FA2 #B6B0BE #D5D2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#978FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA2

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA2	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.029 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbd',
    500: '#978fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa2;
$custom-light: #b5afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 9.268,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66316,
    "c": 0.02916,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA2

secondary

#C7CAC3

accent

#B27699

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA2

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