Information about #978EE0 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated classic blue, #978EE0 has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Light Persian Blue (#968BE7). Slightly further away sit Perrywinkle (#8F8CE7) and Light Phthalo Blue (#8B96E7).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(151, 142, 224)), which gives #978EE0 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #978EE0 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#978EE0 color variations
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#978EE0 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#978EE0 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#978EE0 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#978EE0 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#978EE0 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #978EE0 color
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Nearest named colors to #978EE0
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#968BE7
#8F8CE7
#8B96E7
#8B98D8
#9F90D0
#A285D1
#A899E6
#9FA2D7
#AE8BE7
#8BA2E7
#8B9FEE
#97A0CE
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#978EE0
- RGB151, 142, 224
- CMYK29, 32, 0, 12
- CSSrgb(151, 142, 224)
- HSL247°, 57%, 72%
- HSL Precise246.585°, 56.944%, 71.765%
- HSV247°, 37%, 88%
- HSB247°, 37%, 88%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.878
- GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.557, 0.878)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.557, 0.878, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.557, 0.878)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB87.8%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID978EE0
- DECIMAL ID9932512
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
