#A998E8#A998E8

#A998E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A998E8
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 232)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 23.26, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 44.68, 301.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0452 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.115 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1524, 36.7171, 81.1946)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A998E8 #D7E898

analogous

#98AFE8 #A998E8 #D198E8

triadic

#A998E8 #E8A998 #98E8A9

tetradic

#A998E8 #E898AF #D7E898 #98E8D1

square

#A998E8 #E898AF #D7E898 #98E8D1

split-complementary

#A998E8 #E8D198 #AFE898

monochromatic

#5534D2 #7F66DD #A998E8 #D3CAF3 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A998E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A998E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A998E8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A998E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A998E8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a998e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b6ef',
    500: '#a998e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a998e8;
$custom-light: #c4b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a998e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.75,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72514,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A998E8

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CB1AA6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A998E8

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

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