#998BB2#998BB2

#998BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.059 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BB2
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(262, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 13.10, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 22.69, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0306 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.059 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4038, 28.4519, 46.0009)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BB2 #A4B28B

analogous

#8B91B2 #998BB2 #AC8BB2

triadic

#998BB2 #B2998B #8BB299

tetradic

#998BB2 #B28B91 #A4B28B #8BB2AC

square

#998BB2 #B28B91 #A4B28B #8BB2AC

split-complementary

#998BB2 #B2AC8B #91B28B

monochromatic

#5C4E75 #79669A #998BB2 #B9B0CA #DAD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#998BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#998BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BB2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BB2	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8491B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.059 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acc9',
    500: '#998bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bb2;
$custom-light: #b7acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.05901,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BB2

secondary

#CED4C5

accent

#9F477F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BB2

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

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