#998AAA#998AAA

#998AAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.050 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998AAA
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(268, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(268, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 11.93, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 19.01, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0294 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.05 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4797, 27.8516, 41.8453)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998AAA #9BAA8A

analogous

#8A8BAA #998AAA #A98AAA

triadic

#998AAA #AA998A #8AAA99

tetradic

#998AAA #AA8A8B #9BAA8A #8AAAA9

square

#998AAA #AA8A8B #9BAA8A #8AAAA9

split-complementary

#998AAA #AAA98A #8BAA8A

monochromatic

#5C4E6C #7A688F #998AAA #B8ADC4 #D7D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#998AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#998AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #998AAA

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998AAA	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.050 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acc3',
    500: '#998aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998aaa;
$custom-light: #b7acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65761,
    "c": 0.04969,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998AAA

secondary

#C8CEC2

accent

#9A4B75

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998AAA

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

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