#988CA4#988CA4

#988CA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.038 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988CA4
RGB	rgb(152, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 9.17, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 14.35, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0231 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.038 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0266, 28.1120, 39.0117)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988CA4 #98A48C

analogous

#8C8CA4 #988CA4 #A48CA4

triadic

#988CA4 #A4988C #8CA498

tetradic

#988CA4 #A48C8C #98A48C #8CA4A4

square

#988CA4 #A48C8C #98A48C #8CA4A4

split-complementary

#988CA4 #A4A48C #8CA48C

monochromatic

#5B5065 #796B88 #988CA4 #B7AEBF #D5D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#988CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#988CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988CA4

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988CA4	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.038 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adbf',
    500: '#988ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988ca4;
$custom-light: #b6adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65856,
    "c": 0.03759,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988CA4

secondary

#C6CBC1

accent

#B57394

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988CA4

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

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