#998AC3#998AC3

#998AC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.085 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998AC3
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(256, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 17.57, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 32.68, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0372 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.085 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0735, 28.8891, 55.5056)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998AC3 #B4C38A

analogous

#8A98C3 #998AC3 #B58AC3

triadic

#998AC3 #C3998A #8AC399

tetradic

#998AC3 #C38A98 #B4C38A #8AC3B5

square

#998AC3 #C38A98 #B4C38A #8AC3B5

split-complementary

#998AC3 #C3B58A #98C38A

monochromatic

#59478B #7662AE #998AC3 #BCB2D8 #E0DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#998AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#998AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998AC3

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998AC3	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D93C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F92C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.085 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8acd5',
    500: '#998ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ac3;
$custom-light: #b8acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66785,
    "c": 0.08459,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998AC3

secondary

#D9DECB

accent

#AB3B8D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998AC3

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

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