#988EA2#988EA2

#988EA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.031 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988EA2
RGB	rgb(152, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(270, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 7.61, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 11.94, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0192 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.031 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1423, 28.6301, 38.1663)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988EA2 #98A28E

analogous

#8E8EA2 #988EA2 #A28EA2

triadic

#988EA2 #A2988E #8EA298

tetradic

#988EA2 #A28E8E #98A28E #8EA2A2

square

#988EA2 #A28E8E #98A28E #8EA2A2

split-complementary

#988EA2 #A2A28E #8EA28E

monochromatic

#5B5264 #796E85 #988EA2 #B7B0BE #D5D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#988EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#988EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988EA2

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988EA2	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.031 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afbd',
    500: '#988ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988ea2;
$custom-light: #b6afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66196,
    "c": 0.0313,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988EA2

secondary

#C6CAC2

accent

#B37594

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988EA2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →