#978FA4#978FA4

#978FA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.032 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA4
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(263, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 7.11, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 12.26, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0173 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.032 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2846, 28.9046, 39.1511)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA4 #9CA48F

analogous

#8F91A4 #978FA4 #A18FA4

triadic

#978FA4 #A4978F #8FA497

tetradic

#978FA4 #A48F91 #9CA48F #8FA4A1

square

#978FA4 #A48F91 #9CA48F #8FA4A1

split-complementary

#978FA4 #A4A18F #91A48F

monochromatic

#5A5366 #786E88 #978FA4 #B6B1BF #D6D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#978FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#978FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA4

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA4	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.032 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbf',
    500: '#978fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa4;
$custom-light: #b5afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66386,
    "c": 0.03194,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA4

secondary

#C8CBC3

accent

#94517B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA4

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