#998BBD#998BBD

#998BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.074 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BBD
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(257, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 15.59, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 28.73, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.034 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.074 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5528, 28.9115, 52.0524)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BBD #AFBD8B

analogous

#8B96BD #998BBD #B28BBD

triadic

#998BBD #BD998B #8BBD99

tetradic

#998BBD #BD8B96 #AFBD8B #8BBDB2

square

#998BBD #BD8B96 #AFBD8B #8BBDB2

split-complementary

#998BBD #BDB28B #96BD8B

monochromatic

#5A4B83 #7764A7 #998BBD #BBB2D3 #DED9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#998BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#998BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BBD

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BBD	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8093BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92939C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.074 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7add1',
    500: '#998bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bbd;
$custom-light: #b7add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66723,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BBD

secondary

#D6DBC9

accent

#A63F89

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BBD

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

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