#998BB3#998BB3

#998BB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.060 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BB3
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 13.32, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 23.24, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0309 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.06 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5045, 28.4922, 46.5316)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BB3 #A5B38B

analogous

#8B91B3 #998BB3 #AD8BB3

triadic

#998BB3 #B3998B #8BB399

tetradic

#998BB3 #B38B91 #A5B38B #8BB3AD

square

#998BB3 #B38B91 #A5B38B #8BB3AD

split-complementary

#998BB3 #B3AD8B #91B38B

monochromatic

#5C4D76 #78669B #998BB3 #BAB0CB #DAD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#998BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#998BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BB3

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BB3	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.060 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acc9',
    500: '#998bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bb3;
$custom-light: #b7acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66312,
    "c": 0.0604,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BB3

secondary

#CFD4C6

accent

#9F4680

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BB3

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

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