#A98BCD#A98BCD

#A98BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.100 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98BCD
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(267, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 24.29, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 38.48, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.057 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.1 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6121, 31.3082, 61.8601)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98BCD #AFCD8B

analogous

#8B8ECD #A98BCD #CA8BCD

triadic

#A98BCD #CDA98B #8BCDA9

tetradic

#A98BCD #CD8B8E #AFCD8B #8BCDCA

square

#A98BCD #CD8B8E #AFCD8B #8BCDCA

split-complementary

#A98BCD #CDCA8B #8ECD8B

monochromatic

#6B439B #8960BB #A98BCD #C9B6DF #E8E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A98BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A98BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A98BCD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98BCD	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A495A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.100 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3addc',
    500: '#a98bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98bcd;
$custom-light: #c3addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68857,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98BCD

secondary

#DBE4D0

accent

#B33379

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98BCD

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

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