#998BBB#998BBB

#998BBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.072 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BBB
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(258, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 15.13, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 27.63, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0334 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.072 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3372, 28.8252, 50.9170)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BBB #ADBB8B

analogous

#8B95BB #998BBB #B18BBB

triadic

#998BBB #BB998B #8BBB99

tetradic

#998BBB #BB8B95 #ADBB8B #8BBBB1

square

#998BBB #BB8B95 #ADBB8B #8BBBB1

split-complementary

#998BBB #BBB18B #95BB8B

monochromatic

#5B4B80 #7764A4 #998BBB #BBB2D2 #DDD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#998BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#998BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BBB

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BBB	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8192BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.072 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adcf',
    500: '#998bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bbb;
$custom-light: #b7adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66639,
    "c": 0.07165,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BBB

secondary

#D4D9C8

accent

#A54188

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BBB

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

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