#A98DCD#A98DCD

#A98DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98DCD
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(266, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, 23.16, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 37.18, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0541 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.097 304)
XYZ	xyz(36.9043, 31.8926, 61.9575)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98DCD #B1CD8D

analogous

#8D91CD #A98DCD #C98DCD

triadic

#A98DCD #CDA98D #8DCDA9

tetradic

#A98DCD #CD8D91 #B1CD8D #8DCDC9

square

#A98DCD #CD8D91 #B1CD8D #8DCDC9

split-complementary

#A98DCD #CDC98D #91CD8D

monochromatic

#6A449B #8962BA #A98DCD #C9B8E0 #E9E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A98DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A98DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A98DCD

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98DCD	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A396A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aedc',
    500: '#a98dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98dcd;
$custom-light: #c3aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6923,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.31893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98DCD

secondary

#DCE5D1

accent

#B2337B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98DCD

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

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