#998BC8#998BC8

#998BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.090 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC8
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 18.19, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 34.80, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0372 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.09 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7924, 29.4073, 58.5809)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC8 #BAC88B

analogous

#8B9CC8 #998BC8 #B88BC8

triadic

#998BC8 #C8998B #8BC899

tetradic

#998BC8 #C88B9C #BAC88B #8BC8B8

square

#998BC8 #C88B9C #BAC88B #8BC8B8

split-complementary

#998BC8 #C8B88B #9CC88B

monochromatic

#574693 #7461B4 #998BC8 #BEB5DC #E2DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#998BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC8

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC8	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C94CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9095A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.090 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8add9',
    500: '#998bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc8;
$custom-light: #b8add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67202,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC8

secondary

#DDE1CE

accent

#AF3793

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC8

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

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