#998BC5#998BC5

#998BC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.086 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC5
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(254, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 17.47, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 33.14, 301.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0363 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.086 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4452, 29.2685, 56.7525)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC5 #B7C58B

analogous

#8B9AC5 #998BC5 #B68BC5

triadic

#998BC5 #C5998B #8BC599

tetradic

#998BC5 #C58B9A #B7C58B #8BC5B6

square

#998BC5 #C58B9A #B7C58B #8BC5B6

split-complementary

#998BC5 #C5B68B #9AC58B

monochromatic

#58478E #7562B1 #998BC5 #BDB4D9 #E1DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#998BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#998BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC5

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC5	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D94C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F92C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9094A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.086 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8add6',
    500: '#998bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc5;
$custom-light: #b8add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67069,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC5

secondary

#DBDFCC

accent

#AC3990

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC5

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

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