#988EB0#988EB0

#988EB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.051 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988EB0
RGB	rgb(152, 142, 176)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 19%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 10.60, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 19.58, 302.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0243 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.051 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4568, 29.1559, 45.0890)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988EB0 #A6B08E

analogous

#8E95B0 #988EB0 #A98EB0

triadic

#988EB0 #B0988E #8EB098

tetradic

#988EB0 #B08E95 #A6B08E #8EB0A9

square

#988EB0 #B08E95 #A6B08E #8EB0A9

split-complementary

#988EB0 #B0A98E #95B08E

monochromatic

#5B5073 #776A97 #988EB0 #B9B2C9 #DAD6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#988EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#988EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988EB0

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988EB0	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 142, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.051 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afc7',
    500: '#988eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988eb0;
$custom-light: #b6afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 17.708,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66712,
    "c": 0.05086,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988EB0

secondary

#CFD3C7

accent

#9C4A84

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #988EB0

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

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