#988CA2#988CA2

#988CA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.035 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988CA2
RGB	rgb(152, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(273, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 8.75, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 13.28, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0223 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.035 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8475, 28.0403, 38.0680)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988CA2 #96A28C

analogous

#8D8CA2 #988CA2 #A28CA1

triadic

#988CA2 #A2988C #8CA298

tetradic

#988CA2 #A28D8C #96A28C #8CA1A2

square

#988CA2 #A28D8C #96A28C #8CA1A2

split-complementary

#988CA2 #A1A28C #8CA28D

monochromatic

#5B5063 #7A6C85 #988CA2 #B6AEBD #D5D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#988CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#988CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988CA2

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988CA2	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.035 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adbd',
    500: '#988ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988ca2;
$custom-light: #b6adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65784,
    "c": 0.0349,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988CA2

secondary

#C5C9C1

accent

#B47491

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988CA2

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

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