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#988cd2 color: Soft violet

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250°
100%

OKLCH

67.8%
0.102
291°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.99:1 · Below AALc -62
Black text7.02:1 · AALc 48

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About #988cd2

#988cd2 is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 67.8% lightness, 0.102 chroma and a hue of 291°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.99:1 contrast and black text 7.02:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Adora (#8d8dc9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #988cd2 mixed with white

  1. 988cd2
  2. a297d7
  3. aba3dc
  4. b5aee1
  5. bfb9e5
  6. cac5ea
  7. d4d0ee
  8. dfdcf3
  9. e9e8f7
  10. f4f3fb

Darker: #988cd2 mixed with black

  1. 988cd2
  2. 8479b6
  3. 70679b
  4. 5c5581
  5. 4a4368
  6. 383350
  7. 272339
  8. 171424
  9. 080710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #988cd2 with less saturation

  1. 988cd2
  2. 988dcc
  3. 988fc7
  4. 9790c1
  5. 9791bb
  6. 9792b5
  7. 9794b0
  8. 9795aa
  9. 9796a4
  10. 97979e