#998BB7#998BB7

#998BB7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.066 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BB7
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(259, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 14.22, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 25.43, 303.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0322 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.066 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9150, 28.6563, 48.6931)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BB7 #A9B78B

analogous

#8B93B7 #998BB7 #AF8BB7

triadic

#998BB7 #B7998B #8BB799

tetradic

#998BB7 #B78B93 #A9B78B #8BB7AF

square

#998BB7 #B78B93 #A9B78B #8BB7AF

split-complementary

#998BB7 #B7AF8B #93B78B

monochromatic

#5B4C7B #7865A0 #998BB7 #BAB1CE #DBD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#998BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#998BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BB7

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BB7	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8292B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8492B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94919A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.066 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adcc',
    500: '#998bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bb7;
$custom-light: #b7adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 23.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66473,
    "c": 0.06602,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BB7

secondary

#D2D7C7

accent

#A24484

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BB7

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

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