#A98BC3#A98BC3

#A98BC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.087 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98BC3
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(272, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 22.07, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 33.23, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0543 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.087 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4433, 30.8407, 55.7048)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98BC3 #A5C38B

analogous

#8D8BC3 #A98BC3 #C38BC1

triadic

#A98BC3 #C3A98B #8BC3A9

tetradic

#A98BC3 #C38D8B #A5C38B #8BC1C3

square

#A98BC3 #C38D8B #A5C38B #8BC1C3

split-complementary

#A98BC3 #C1C38B #8BC38D

monochromatic

#6C488B #8B63AE #A98BC3 #C7B3D8 #E5DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A98BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A98BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A98BC3

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98BC3	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8195C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8797C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6939F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.087 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3add5',
    500: '#a98bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98bc3;
$custom-light: #c3add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68426,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98BC3

secondary

#D4DECC

accent

#AB3B6F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#121014

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98BC3

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

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