#9988BB
#9988BB
Purples · #98b is the three-digit shorthand for #9988BB. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.
| HEX | #9988BB |
|---|---|
| RGB | 153, 136, 187 |
| HSL | 260°, 27%, 63% |
| CMYK | 18%, 27%, 0%, 27% |
| Relative luminance | 0.28 |
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Text contrast
Aa
On white
3.18:1 Below AA
Aa
On black
6.59:1 Passes AA
Colours that work with it
Complement
#A9BA87
Analogous
#8790BA#B287BA
Triadic
#BA9887#87BA98
Shade scale
50100200300400500600700800
Seen with colour blindness
ProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
How to read this
- A hex code writes red, green and blue as two hexadecimal digits each. #ff0000 is red at full strength and the others at zero.
- HSL states hue (0–360°), saturation and lightness. Nudging a colour brighter means changing one number, which is why it is easier to work with by hand.
- Text contrast follows WCAG. Body-size text needs 4.5:1 or better, and 21:1 between white and black is the maximum possible.
- The colour-blindness row computes how this colour appears under three types of colour vision deficiency — the reason never to encode information in colour alone.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Are #98b and #9988BB the same color?
Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #98b expands to #9988BB. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.
Q. What text color works on #9988BB?
Black text. Contrast against white is 3.18:1 and against black 6.59:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.
Q. Which named color is closest to #9988BB?
Amethyst. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.