#998BC7#998BC7

#998BC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.089 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC7
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(254, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 17.95, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 34.25, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0369 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.089 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6759, 29.3607, 57.9674)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC7 #B9C78B

analogous

#8B9BC7 #998BC7 #B78BC7

triadic

#998BC7 #C7998B #8BC799

tetradic

#998BC7 #C78B9B #B9C78B #8BC7B7

square

#998BC7 #C78B9B #B9C78B #8BC7B7

split-complementary

#998BC7 #C7B78B #9BC78B

monochromatic

#584691 #7562B3 #998BC7 #BDB4DB #E2DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#998BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#998BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC7

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC7	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C94C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9095A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.089 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8add8',
    500: '#998bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc7;
$custom-light: #b8add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC7

secondary

#DCE1CD

accent

#AE3892

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC7

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

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