#988EA4#988EA4

#988EA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.034 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988EA4
RGB	rgb(152, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(267, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(267, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 8.03, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 13.01, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.02 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.034 306)
XYZ	xyz(29.3215, 28.7018, 39.1100)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988EA4 #9AA48E

analogous

#8E8FA4 #988EA4 #A38EA4

triadic

#988EA4 #A4988E #8EA498

tetradic

#988EA4 #A48E8F #9AA48E #8EA4A3

square

#988EA4 #A48E8F #9AA48E #8EA4A3

split-complementary

#988EA4 #A4A38E #8FA48E

monochromatic

#5B5266 #796D88 #988EA4 #B7B0BF #D6D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#988EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#988EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988EA4

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988EA4	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.034 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afbf',
    500: '#988ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988ea4;
$custom-light: #b6afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66267,
    "c": 0.03403,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.28702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988EA4

secondary

#C7CBC3

accent

#B47497

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988EA4

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

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