#998ADA#998ADA

#998ADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998ADA
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 23.21, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 45.33, 300.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.043 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.117 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8770, 30.0106, 70.2712)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998ADA #CBDA8A

analogous

#8AA3DA #998ADA #C18ADA

triadic

#998ADA #DA998A #8ADA99

tetradic

#998ADA #DA8AA3 #CBDA8A #8ADAC1

square

#998ADA #DA8AA3 #CBDA8A #8ADAC1

split-complementary

#998ADA #DAC18A #A3DA8A

monochromatic

#4F38B1 #705CCB #998ADA #C2B8E9 #EAE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#998ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#998ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998ADA

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998ADA	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7396DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7493D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A98A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ace6',
    500: '#998ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ada;
$custom-light: #b9ace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67858,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998ADA

secondary

#E7EBD5

accent

#BF26A3

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998ADA

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

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