#988EAA#988EAA

#988EAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.042 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988EAA
RGB	rgb(152, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(261, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 9.30, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 16.28, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0222 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.042 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8762, 28.9237, 42.0313)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988EAA #A0AA8E

analogous

#8E92AA #988EAA #A68EAA

triadic

#988EAA #AA988E #8EAA98

tetradic

#988EAA #AA8E92 #A0AA8E #8EAAA6

square

#988EAA #AA8E92 #A0AA8E #8EAAA6

split-complementary

#988EAA #AAA68E #92AA8E

monochromatic

#5B516C #786C8F #988EAA #B8B1C4 #D8D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#988EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#988EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988EAA

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988EAA	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.042 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afc3',
    500: '#988eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988eaa;
$custom-light: #b6afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66485,
    "c": 0.04238,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988EAA

secondary

#CBCFC5

accent

#984D7D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #988EAA

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

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