#998AB9#998AB9

#998AB9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.071 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998AB9
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(259, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 15.24, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 27.18, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.0343 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.071 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9805, 28.4519, 49.7492)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998AB9 #AAB98A

analogous

#8A92B9 #998AB9 #B08AB9

triadic

#998AB9 #B9998A #8AB999

tetradic

#998AB9 #B98A92 #AAB98A #8AB9B0

square

#998AB9 #B98A92 #AAB98A #8AB9B0

split-complementary

#998AB9 #B9B08A #92B98A

monochromatic

#5B4B7E #7864A2 #998AB9 #BAB0D0 #DCD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#998AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#998AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998AB9

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998AB9	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8091BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8391B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.071 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acce',
    500: '#998ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ab9;
$custom-light: #b7acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66357,
    "c": 0.07052,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998AB9

secondary

#D2D8C7

accent

#A44284

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998AB9

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

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