#998AC9#998AC9

#998AC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998AC9
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 201)
HSL	hsl(254, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 19.00, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 35.98, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0389 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.093 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7655, 29.1660, 59.1504)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998AC9 #BAC98A

analogous

#8A9BC9 #998AC9 #B98AC9

triadic

#998AC9 #C9998A #8AC999

tetradic

#998AC9 #C98A9B #BAC98A #8AC9B9

square

#998AC9 #C98A9B #BAC98A #8AC9B9

split-complementary

#998AC9 #C9B98A #9BC98A

monochromatic

#574494 #7460B6 #998AC9 #BEB4DC #E2DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#998AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#998AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998AC9

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998AC9	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B94CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F94A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8acd9',
    500: '#998ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ac9;
$custom-light: #b8acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67053,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998AC9

secondary

#DDE2CD

accent

#B03693

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998AC9

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

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