#A998BC#A998BC

#A998BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.055 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A998BC
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 188)
HSL	hsl(268, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 13.23, -16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 21.01, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0326 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.055 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6659, 34.5225, 52.2991)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A998BC #ABBC98

analogous

#9899BC #A998BC #BB98BC

triadic

#A998BC #BCA998 #98BCA9

tetradic

#A998BC #BC9899 #ABBC98 #98BCBB

square

#A998BC #BC9899 #ABBC98 #98BCBB

split-complementary

#A998BC #BCBB98 #99BC98

monochromatic

#6C5684 #8A73A4 #A998BC #C8BDD4 #E7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A998BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A998BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A998BC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A998BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A998BC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a998bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.055 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6d0',
    500: '#a998bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a998bc;
$custom-light: #c2b6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a998bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70656,
    "c": 0.05495,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A998BC

secondary

#D8DED2

accent

#A04675

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A998BC

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

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