#998BB4#998BB4

#998BB4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.062 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BB4
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 13.54, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 23.78, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0312 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.062 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6060, 28.5328, 47.0661)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BB4 #A6B48B

analogous

#8B91B4 #998BB4 #AE8BB4

triadic

#998BB4 #B4998B #8BB499

tetradic

#998BB4 #B48B91 #A6B48B #8BB4AE

square

#998BB4 #B48B91 #A6B48B #8BB4AE

split-complementary

#998BB4 #B4AE8B #91B48B

monochromatic

#5C4D77 #78669C #998BB4 #BAB0CC #DAD5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#998BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#998BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BB4

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BB4	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8391B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.062 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adca',
    500: '#998bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bb4;
$custom-light: #b7adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 21.466,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66352,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BB4

secondary

#D0D5C6

accent

#A04681

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BB4

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

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