#978FBD#978FBD

#978FBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.068 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978FBD
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 189)
HSL	hsl(250, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(250, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 12.66, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 26.10, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0259 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.068 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7682, 29.8980, 52.2315)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978FBD #B5BD8F

analogous

#8F9EBD #978FBD #AE8FBD

triadic

#978FBD #BD978F #8FBD97

tetradic

#978FBD #BD8F9E #B5BD8F #8FBDAE

square

#978FBD #BD8F9E #B5BD8F #8FBDAE

split-complementary

#978FBD #BDAE8F #9EBD8F

monochromatic

#574E84 #7368A6 #978FBD #BBB6D4 #DFDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#978FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#978FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978FBD

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978FBD	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.068 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afd1',
    500: '#978fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978fbd;
$custom-light: #b6afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 25.843,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67348,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978FBD

secondary

#D9DCCC

accent

#A44193

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #978FBD

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