#998BC0#998BC0

#998BC0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.079 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC0
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(256, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 16.29, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 30.39, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0349 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.079 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8818, 29.0431, 53.7852)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC0 #B2C08B

analogous

#8B98C0 #998BC0 #B48BC0

triadic

#998BC0 #C0998B #8BC099

tetradic

#998BC0 #C08B98 #B2C08B #8BC0B4

square

#998BC0 #C08B98 #B2C08B #8BC0B4

split-complementary

#998BC0 #C0B48B #98C08B

monochromatic

#5A4987 #7663AA #998BC0 #BCB3D6 #DFDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#998BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#998BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC0

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC0	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F93C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.079 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7add3',
    500: '#998bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc0;
$custom-light: #b7add3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 29.609,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66851,
    "c": 0.07872,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC0

secondary

#D8DCCA

accent

#A83D8C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →