#998ABA#998ABA

#998ABA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.072 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998ABA
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(259, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 15.47, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 27.73, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0346 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.072 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0864, 28.4943, 50.3071)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998ABA #ABBA8A

analogous

#8A93BA #998ABA #B18ABA

triadic

#998ABA #BA998A #8ABA99

tetradic

#998ABA #BA8A93 #ABBA8A #8ABAB1

square

#998ABA #BA8A93 #ABBA8A #8ABAB1

split-complementary

#998ABA #BAB18A #93BA8A

monochromatic

#5B4B7F #7764A3 #998ABA #BBB0D1 #DCD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#998ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#998ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998ABA

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998ABA	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8091BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93919B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.072 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7accf',
    500: '#998aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998aba;
$custom-light: #b7accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66399,
    "c": 0.07192,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998ABA

secondary

#D3D8C7

accent

#A44185

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998ABA

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

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