#998697#998697

#998697 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.033 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998697
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(306, 12%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 10.32, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 12.16, 328.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0288 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.033 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2472, 26.0573, 32.8663)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998697 #869988

analogous

#928699 #998697 #99868E

triadic

#998697 #979986 #869799

tetradic

#998697 #999286 #869988 #868E99

square

#998697 #999286 #869988 #868E99

split-complementary

#998697 #8E9986 #869992

monochromatic

#594B58 #7B6778 #998697 #B5A7B4 #D1C8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#998697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#998697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998697

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998697	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.033 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a9b5',
    500: '#998697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998697;
$custom-light: #b7a9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 8.52,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64265,
    "c": 0.03343,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998697

secondary

#B9C1BA

accent

#B27D76

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #998697

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

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