#978FA7#978FA7

#978FA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.036 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA7
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 167)
HSL	hsl(260, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(260, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 7.75, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 13.90, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0184 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.036 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5587, 29.0142, 40.5948)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA7 #9FA78F

analogous

#8F93A7 #978FA7 #A38FA7

triadic

#978FA7 #A7978F #8FA797

tetradic

#978FA7 #A78F93 #9FA78F #8FA7A3

square

#978FA7 #A78F93 #9FA78F #8FA7A3

split-complementary

#978FA7 #A7A38F #93A78F

monochromatic

#5A5369 #776D8B #978FA7 #B7B1C2 #D7D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#978FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#978FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA7

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA7	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.036 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc1',
    500: '#978fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa7;
$custom-light: #b5afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66494,
    "c": 0.03617,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA7

secondary

#CACDC4

accent

#964F7F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA7

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