#998BC1#998BC1

#998BC1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.080 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC1
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(256, 30%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 16.52, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 30.94, 302.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0352 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.08 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9930, 29.0876, 54.3707)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC1 #B3C18B

analogous

#8B98C1 #998BC1 #B48BC1

triadic

#998BC1 #C1998B #8BC199

tetradic

#998BC1 #C18B98 #B3C18B #8BC1B4

square

#998BC1 #C18B98 #B3C18B #8BC1B4

split-complementary

#998BC1 #C1B48B #98C18B

monochromatic

#594989 #7663AC #998BC1 #BCB3D6 #DFDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#998BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#998BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC1

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC1	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F93C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.080 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7add4',
    500: '#998bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc1;
$custom-light: #b7add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 30.337,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66894,
    "c": 0.08013,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC1

secondary

#D8DDCB

accent

#A93C8D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC1

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

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