#978FA3#978FA3

#978FA3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.031 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA3
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 163)
HSL	hsl(264, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 6.90, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 11.71, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0169 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.031 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1946, 28.8686, 38.6774)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA3 #9BA38F

analogous

#8F91A3 #978FA3 #A18FA3

triadic

#978FA3 #A3978F #8FA397

tetradic

#978FA3 #A38F91 #9BA38F #8FA3A1

square

#978FA3 #A38F91 #9BA38F #8FA3A1

split-complementary

#978FA3 #A3A18F #91A38F

monochromatic

#5A5365 #786E86 #978FA3 #B6B1BF #D5D2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#978FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA3

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA3	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)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.031 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbe',
    500: '#978fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa3;
$custom-light: #b5afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66351,
    "c": 0.03055,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA3

secondary

#C8CBC3

accent

#B3759A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA3

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

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