#978FA9#978FA9

#978FA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.039 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FA9
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 13%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 15%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 8.17, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 15.00, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0191 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.039 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7450, 29.0888, 41.5761)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FA9 #A1A98F

analogous

#8F94A9 #978FA9 #A48FA9

triadic

#978FA9 #A9978F #8FA997

tetradic

#978FA9 #A98F94 #A1A98F #8FA9A4

square

#978FA9 #A98F94 #A1A98F #8FA9A4

split-complementary

#978FA9 #A9A48F #94A98F

monochromatic

#5A526B #776D8E #978FA9 #B7B2C4 #D7D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#978FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FA9

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FA9	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.039 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc2',
    500: '#978fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fa9;
$custom-light: #b5afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 13.131,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66566,
    "c": 0.039,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FA9

secondary

#CCCFC5

accent

#974E81

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FA9

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

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