#998ABE#998ABE

#998ABE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.078 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998ABE
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(257, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 16.40, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 29.93, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0358 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.078 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5176, 28.6668, 52.5780)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998ABE #AFBE8A

analogous

#8A95BE #998ABE #B38ABE

triadic

#998ABE #BE998A #8ABE99

tetradic

#998ABE #BE8A95 #AFBE8A #8ABEB3

square

#998ABE #BE8A95 #AFBE8A #8ABEB3

split-complementary

#998ABE #BEB38A #95BE8A

monochromatic

#5A4984 #7763A8 #998ABE #BBB1D4 #DED9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#998ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#998ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998ABE

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998ABE	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F92C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.078 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acd1',
    500: '#998abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998abe;
$custom-light: #b7acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66568,
    "c": 0.07755,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998ABE

secondary

#D6DBC9

accent

#A73E89

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998ABE

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

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