#988CBA#988CBA

#988CBA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.068 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988CBA
RGB	rgb(152, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(256, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 14.00, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 26.38, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0305 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.068 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1880, 28.9765, 50.3948)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988CBA #AEBA8C

analogous

#8C97BA #988CBA #AF8CBA

triadic

#988CBA #BA988C #8CBA98

tetradic

#988CBA #BA8C97 #AEBA8C #8CBAAF

square

#988CBA #BA8C97 #AEBA8C #8CBAAF

split-complementary

#988CBA #BAAF8C #97BA8C

monochromatic

#5A4C7F #7666A3 #988CBA #BAB2D1 #DDD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#988CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#988CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988CBA

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988CBA	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8492B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92939C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.068 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adce',
    500: '#988cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988cba;
$custom-light: #b7adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66709,
    "c": 0.06842,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988CBA

secondary

#D5D9C9

accent

#A4428A

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #988CBA

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

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