#978FAA#978FAA

#978FAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.040 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FAA
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 170)
HSL	hsl(258, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 8.39, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 15.55, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0195 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.04 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8392, 29.1264, 42.0724)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FAA #A2AA8F

analogous

#8F95AA #978FAA #A58FAA

triadic

#978FAA #AA978F #8FAA97

tetradic

#978FAA #AA8F95 #A2AA8F #8FAAA5

square

#978FAA #AA8F95 #A2AA8F #8FAAA5

split-complementary

#978FAA #AAA58F #95AA8F

monochromatic

#5A526C #776D8F #978FAA #B7B2C4 #D8D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#978FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#978FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FAA

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FAA	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.040 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afc3',
    500: '#978faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978faa;
$custom-light: #b5afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 13.706,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66603,
    "c": 0.04042,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FAA

secondary

#CCCFC5

accent

#984E82

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FAA

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

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