#A98BBD#A98BBD

#A98BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.079 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98BBD
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(276, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 20.78, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 30.12, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0526 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.079 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7786, 30.5748, 52.2036)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98BBD #9FBD8B

analogous

#908BBD #A98BBD #BD8BB8

triadic

#A98BBD #BDA98B #8BBDA9

tetradic

#A98BBD #BD908B #9FBD8B #8BB8BD

square

#A98BBD #BD908B #9FBD8B #8BB8BD

split-complementary

#A98BBD #B8BD8B #8BBD90

monochromatic

#6C4B83 #8C64A7 #A98BBD #C6B2D3 #E3D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A98BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A98BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A98BBD

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98BBD	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.079 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3add1',
    500: '#a98bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98bbd;
$custom-light: #c3add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68178,
    "c": 0.07932,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98BBD

secondary

#D0DBC9

accent

#A63F68

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98BBD

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

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