#978FBB#978FBB

#978FBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.065 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FBB
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 187)
HSL	hsl(251, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(251, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 12.19, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 24.99, 299.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0253 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.065 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5526, 29.8118, 51.0960)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FBB #B3BB8F

analogous

#8F9DBB #978FBB #AD8FBB

triadic

#978FBB #BB978F #8FBB97

tetradic

#978FBB #BB8F9D #B3BB8F #8FBBAD

square

#978FBB #BB8F9D #B3BB8F #8FBBAD

split-complementary

#978FBB #BBAD8F #9DBB8F

monochromatic

#584E81 #7469A4 #978FBB #BAB5D2 #DEDBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#978FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#978FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FBB

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FBB	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.065 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afcf',
    500: '#978fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fbb;
$custom-light: #b6afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67266,
    "c": 0.06486,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FBB

secondary

#D8DACB

accent

#A34391

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FBB

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

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