#978FA5#978FA5

#978FA5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.033 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA5
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(262, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 7.32, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 12.80, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0177 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.033 302)
XYZ	xyz(29.3752, 28.9408, 39.6286)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA5 #9DA58F

analogous

#8F92A5 #978FA5 #A28FA5

triadic

#978FA5 #A5978F #8FA597

tetradic

#978FA5 #A58F92 #9DA58F #8FA5A2

square

#978FA5 #A58F92 #9DA58F #8FA5A2

split-complementary

#978FA5 #A5A28F #92A58F

monochromatic

#5A5367 #786E89 #978FA5 #B7B1C0 #D6D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#978FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#978FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA5

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA5	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.033 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afbf',
    500: '#978fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa5;
$custom-light: #b5afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 10.891,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66422,
    "c": 0.03335,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.28941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA5

secondary

#C9CCC4

accent

#95517C

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA5

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

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