#988afa

Color #988afa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#988afa

RGB

rgb(152, 138, 250)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.2%, 44.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(63.14, 31.34, -54.32)

LCH

lch(63.14, 62.71, 299.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1606, 287.17)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecfa8a

Analogous

#8ab4fa

#988afa

#d08afa

Triadic

#988afa

#fa988a

#8afa98

Split-complementary

#988afa

#fad08a

#b4fa8a

Tetradic

#988afa

#fa8aec

#ecfa8a

#8afa98

Square

#988afa

#fa8ab4

#ecfa8a

#8afad0

Shades

Color #988afa mixed toward black.

#614cf7

#2b0ef5

#1e08ba

#14057c

#0a033e

Tints

Color #988afa mixed toward white.

#a99efb

#bab1fc

#ccc5fd

#ddd8fd

#eeecfe

Tones

Color #988afa mixed toward gray.

#9f93f1

#a69de7

#ada6de

#b4afd5

#bbb9cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292e5 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9394e0 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#97d3cf · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 26.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #988afa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#988afa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#988afa (#988afa) is rgb(152, 138, 250) in RGB.

No, #988afa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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