#998ADE#998ADE

#998ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.122 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998ADE
RGB	rgb(153, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 24.22, -40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 47.52, 300.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0438 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.122 291)
XYZ	xyz(35.4068, 30.2225, 73.0611)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#998ADE #CFDE8A

analogous

#8AA5DE #998ADE #C38ADE

triadic

#998ADE #DE998A #8ADE99

tetradic

#998ADE #DE8AA5 #CFDE8A #8ADEC3

square

#998ADE #DE8AA5 #CFDE8A #8ADEC3

split-complementary

#998ADE #DEC38A #A5DE8A

monochromatic

#4C34B9 #6F5AD1 #998ADE #C3BAEB #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#998ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#998ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998ADE

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998ADE	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7197E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7294DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8999A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.122 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ace8',
    500: '#998ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ade;
$custom-light: #b9ace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68057,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.30223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998ADE

secondary

#E9EDD6

accent

#C422A7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998ADE

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

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