#998BBF#998BBF

#998BBF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.077 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BBF
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(256, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 16.05, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 29.83, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0346 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.077 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7714, 28.9989, 53.2036)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BBF #B1BF8B

analogous

#8B97BF #998BBF #B38BBF

triadic

#998BBF #BF998B #8BBF99

tetradic

#998BBF #BF8B97 #B1BF8B #8BBFB3

square

#998BBF #BF8B97 #B1BF8B #8BBFB3

split-complementary

#998BBF #BFB38B #97BF8B

monochromatic

#5A4A86 #7664A9 #998BBF #BCB2D5 #DEDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#998BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#998BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BBF

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BBF	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F93C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92939D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.077 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7add2',
    500: '#998bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bbf;
$custom-light: #b7add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66808,
    "c": 0.07731,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BBF

secondary

#D7DCCA

accent

#A83E8B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BBF

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

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