#A998CD#A998CD

#A998CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.078 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A998CD
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 16.93, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 30.10, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.038 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.078 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6075, 35.2991, 62.5252)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A998CD #BCCD98

analogous

#98A2CD #A998CD #C398CD

triadic

#A998CD #CDA998 #98CDA9

tetradic

#A998CD #CD98A2 #BCCD98 #98CDC3

square

#A998CD #CD98A2 #BCCD98 #98CDC3

split-complementary

#A998CD #CDC398 #A2CD98

monochromatic

#674D9E #876FB9 #A998CD #CBC1E1 #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A998CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A998CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A998CD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A998CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A998CD	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a998cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.078 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b6dc',
    500: '#a998cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a998cd;
$custom-light: #c3b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a998cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71325,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A998CD

secondary

#E3E8D9

accent

#AD3888

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A998CD

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

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