#A98BCB#A98BCB

#A98BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.097 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98BCB
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 23.84, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 37.42, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0565 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.097 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3722, 31.2122, 60.5967)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98BCB #ADCB8B

analogous

#8B8DCB #A98BCB #C98BCB

triadic

#A98BCB #CBA98B #8BCBA9

tetradic

#A98BCB #CB8B8D #ADCB8B #8BCBC9

square

#A98BCB #CB8B8D #ADCB8B #8BCBC9

split-complementary

#A98BCB #CBC98B #8DCB8B

monochromatic

#6B4498 #8A61B8 #A98BCB #C8B5DE #E8E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A98BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A98BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A98BCB

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98BCB	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A494A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.097 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3addb',
    500: '#a98bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98bcb;
$custom-light: #c3addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68769,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98BCB

secondary

#DAE3CF

accent

#B13477

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98BCB

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

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