#998AC5#998AC5

#998AC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.087 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998AC5
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(255, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 18.04, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 33.78, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0378 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.087 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3011, 28.9802, 56.7045)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998AC5 #B6C58A

analogous

#8A98C5 #998AC5 #B68AC5

triadic

#998AC5 #C5998A #8AC599

tetradic

#998AC5 #C58A98 #B6C58A #8AC5B6

square

#998AC5 #C58A98 #B6C58A #8AC5B6

split-complementary

#998AC5 #C5B68A #98C58A

monochromatic

#59468E #7561B1 #998AC5 #BDB3D9 #E0DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#998AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#998AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998AC5

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998AC5	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C93C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.087 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8acd6',
    500: '#998ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ac5;
$custom-light: #b8acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 33.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66874,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998AC5

secondary

#DADFCC

accent

#AD398F

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998AC5

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

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