#988EA6#988EA6

#988EA6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.037 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988EA6
RGB	rgb(152, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(265, 12%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 8.45, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 14.10, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0207 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.037 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5036, 28.7746, 40.0687)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988EA6 #9CA68E

analogous

#8E90A6 #988EA6 #A48EA6

triadic

#988EA6 #A6988E #8EA698

tetradic

#988EA6 #A68E90 #9CA68E #8EA6A4

square

#988EA6 #A68E90 #9CA68E #8EA6A4

split-complementary

#988EA6 #A6A48E #90A68E

monochromatic

#5B5268 #796D8A #988EA6 #B7B0C1 #D6D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#988EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#988EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988EA6

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988EA6	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.037 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afc0',
    500: '#988ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988ea6;
$custom-light: #b6afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 11.881,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66338,
    "c": 0.03679,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988EA6

secondary

#C9CCC3

accent

#965079

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988EA6

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

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