#998ABC#998ABC

#998ABC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.075 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998ABC
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(258, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(258, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 15.93, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 28.83, 303.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0352 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.075 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3005, 28.5800, 51.4347)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998ABC #ADBC8A

analogous

#8A94BC #998ABC #B28ABC

triadic

#998ABC #BC998A #8ABC99

tetradic

#998ABC #BC8A94 #ADBC8A #8ABCB2

square

#998ABC #BC8A94 #ADBC8A #8ABCB2

split-complementary

#998ABC #BCB28A #94BC8A

monochromatic

#5B4A81 #7763A6 #998ABC #BBB1D2 #DDD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#998ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#998ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998ABC

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998ABC	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.075 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acd0',
    500: '#998abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998abc;
$custom-light: #b7acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66483,
    "c": 0.07473,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998ABC

secondary

#D4DAC8

accent

#A64087

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998ABC

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

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