#988CA0#988CA0

#988CA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.032 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988CA0
RGB	rgb(152, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(276, 10%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 13%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 8.34, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 12.23, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0216 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.032 312)
XYZ	xyz(28.6711, 27.9698, 37.1392)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988CA0 #94A08C

analogous

#8E8CA0 #988CA0 #A08C9E

triadic

#988CA0 #A0988C #8CA098

tetradic

#988CA0 #A08E8C #94A08C #8C9EA0

square

#988CA0 #A08E8C #94A08C #8C9EA0

split-complementary

#988CA0 #9EA08C #8CA08E

monochromatic

#5A5061 #7A6C83 #988CA0 #B6AEBC #D4CFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#988CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#988CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988CA0

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988CA0	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.032 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adbc',
    500: '#988ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988ca0;
$custom-light: #b6adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65714,
    "c": 0.03225,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.2797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988CA0

secondary

#C3C8C0

accent

#B3758E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988CA0

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

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