Information about #988DC4 color

#988DC4 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#988DC4 falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(152, 141, 196) — 59.6% red, 55.3% green, 76.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 22 / 0 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#988DC4 is a moderately toned classic blue that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Cold Purple (#9D8ABF). Slightly further away sit Cool Violet (#A189BA) and Unicorn (#9F90D0).

The recipe behind #988DC4 is rgb(152, 141, 196), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #988DC4: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#988DC4 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#988DC4 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#988DC4 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#988DC4 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#988DC4 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#988DC4 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #988DC4

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Cold Purple color link
Cold Purple

#9D8ABF

Cool Violet color link
Cool Violet

#A189BA

Unicorn color link
Unicorn

#9F90D0

Sabrina Violet color link
Sabrina Violet

#A285D1

East Side color link
East Side

#AA8CBC

Birdcage color link
Birdcage

#9D9CB7

Stratosphere color link
Stratosphere

#97A0CE

Wistful color link
Wistful

#A29ECD

Logan color link
Logan

#9D9CB4

Lavender Purple color link
Lavender Purple

#967BB6

Ceil color link
Ceil

#92A1CF

Rock Blue color link
Rock Blue

#93A2BA

#988DC4 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#988DC4
  • RGB152, 141, 196
  • CMYK17, 22, 0, 23
  • CSSrgb(152, 141, 196)
  • HSL252°, 32%, 66%
  • HSL Precise252°, 31.792%, 66.078%
  • HSV252°, 28%, 77%
  • HSB252°, 28%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.596
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.553
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • GLSLvec3(0.596, 0.553, 0.769)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.596, 0.553, 0.769, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.596, 0.553, 0.769)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.9%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID988DC4
  • DECIMAL ID9997764
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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