#978FA8#978FA8

#978FA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.038 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA8
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 7.96, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 14.45, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0188 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.038 300)
XYZ	xyz(29.6515, 29.0513, 41.0836)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA8 #A0A88F

analogous

#8F93A8 #978FA8 #A38FA8

triadic

#978FA8 #A8978F #8FA897

tetradic

#978FA8 #A88F93 #A0A88F #8FA8A3

square

#978FA8 #A88F93 #A0A88F #8FA8A3

split-complementary

#978FA8 #A8A38F #93A88F

monochromatic

#5A526A #776D8D #978FA8 #B7B1C3 #D7D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#978FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA8	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.038 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc1',
    500: '#978fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa8;
$custom-light: #b5afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 12.563,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6653,
    "c": 0.03758,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.29051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA8

secondary

#CBCEC5

accent

#974F80

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA8

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

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