#998BC2#998BC2

#998BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.082 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC2
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(255, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 16.76, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 31.49, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0355 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.082 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1049, 29.1323, 54.9602)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC2 #B4C28B

analogous

#8B98C2 #998BC2 #B48BC2

triadic

#998BC2 #C2998B #8BC299

tetradic

#998BC2 #C28B98 #B4C28B #8BC2B4

square

#998BC2 #C28B98 #B4C28B #8BC2B4

split-complementary

#998BC2 #C2B48B #98C28B

monochromatic

#59498A #7663AD #998BC2 #BCB3D7 #E0DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#998BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#998BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC2

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC2	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E93C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.082 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8add4',
    500: '#998bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc2;
$custom-light: #b8add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.08154,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC2

secondary

#D9DECB

accent

#AA3C8E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC2

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

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