#978FB2#978FB2

#978FB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.052 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FB2
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 178)
HSL	hsl(254, 19%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 20%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 10.14, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 19.99, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0223 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.052 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6191, 29.4384, 46.1799)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FB2 #AAB28F

analogous

#8F98B2 #978FB2 #A88FB2

triadic

#978FB2 #B2978F #8FB297

tetradic

#978FB2 #B28F98 #AAB28F #8FB2A8

square

#978FB2 #B28F98 #AAB28F #8FB2A8

split-complementary

#978FB2 #B2A88F #98B28F

monochromatic

#595176 #756B99 #978FB2 #B9B3CB #DAD8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#978FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#978FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FB2

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FB2	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.052 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afc9',
    500: '#978fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fb2;
$custom-light: #b6afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.05189,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FB2

secondary

#D2D5C8

accent

#9D498A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FB2

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