#978fb2

Color #978fb2

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.78 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#978fb2

RGB

rgb(151, 143, 178)

HSL

hsl(253.7, 18.5%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.7, 19.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(61.17, 10.14, -17.22)

LCH

lch(61.17, 19.98, 300.49)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0519, 295.43)

HWB

hwb(253.7, 56.1%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aab28f

Analogous

#8f98b2

#978fb2

#a88fb2

Triadic

#978fb2

#b2978f

#8fb297

Split-complementary

#978fb2

#b2a88f

#98b28f

Tetradic

#978fb2

#b28faa

#aab28f

#8fb297

Square

#978fb2

#b28f98

#aab28f

#8fb2a8

Shades

Color #978fb2 mixed toward black.

#796f9c

#60577f

#48415f

#302c3f

#181620

Tints

Color #978fb2 mixed toward white.

#a8a2bf

#bab4cc

#cbc7d8

#dcdae5

#eeecf2

Tones

Color #978fb2 mixed toward gray.

#9892af

#9a95ac

#9c98a9

#9d9ba6

#9f9da3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494aa · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#9495a8 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#97a4a3 · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #978fb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#978fb2]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#978fb2 (#978fb2) is rgb(151, 143, 178) in RGB.

No, #978fb2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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