#998BC4#998BC4

#998BC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.084 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC4
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(255, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 17.23, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 32.59, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0361 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.084 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3310, 29.2228, 56.1511)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC4 #B6C48B

analogous

#8B99C4 #998BC4 #B58BC4

triadic

#998BC4 #C4998B #8BC499

tetradic

#998BC4 #C48B99 #B6C48B #8BC4B5

square

#998BC4 #C48B99 #B6C48B #8BC4B5

split-complementary

#998BC4 #C4B58B #99C48B

monochromatic

#59488D #7562AF #998BC4 #BDB4D9 #E0DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#998BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#998BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC4

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC4	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E94C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F92C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91949F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.084 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8add6',
    500: '#998bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc4;
$custom-light: #b8add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67025,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC4

secondary

#DADFCC

accent

#AB3A90

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC4

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

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