#998BC6#998BC6

#998BC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.087 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC6
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(254, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 17.71, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 33.69, 301.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0366 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.087 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5602, 29.3144, 57.3580)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC6 #B8C68B

analogous

#8B9AC6 #998BC6 #B68BC6

triadic

#998BC6 #C6998B #8BC699

tetradic

#998BC6 #C68B9A #B8C68B #8BC6B6

square

#998BC6 #C68B9A #B8C68B #8BC6B6

split-complementary

#998BC6 #C6B68B #9AC68B

monochromatic

#584790 #7562B2 #998BC6 #BDB4DA #E1DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#998BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#998BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC6

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC6	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D94C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F93C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9095A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.087 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8add7',
    500: '#998bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc6;
$custom-light: #b8add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 34.104,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67113,
    "c": 0.08719,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC6

secondary

#DBE0CD

accent

#AD3991

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC6

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

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