#988CA8#988CA8

#988CA8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.043 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988CA8
RGB	rgb(152, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(266, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(266, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 10.01, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 16.50, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0245 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.043 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3936, 28.2588, 40.9442)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988CA8 #9CA88C

analogous

#8C8EA8 #988CA8 #A68CA8

triadic

#988CA8 #A8988C #8CA898

tetradic

#988CA8 #A88C8E #9CA88C #8CA8A6

square

#988CA8 #A88C8E #9CA88C #8CA8A6

split-complementary

#988CA8 #A8A68C #8EA88C

monochromatic

#5B506A #796A8D #988CA8 #B7AFC2 #D6D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#988CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#988CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988CA8

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988CA8	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8790A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.043 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adc1',
    500: '#988ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988ca8;
$custom-light: #b6adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66002,
    "c": 0.04306,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988CA8

secondary

#C9CDC3

accent

#984D78

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988CA8

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

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