#998BC9#998BC9

#998BC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.091 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BC9
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(254, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 18.43, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 35.35, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0374 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.091 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9096, 29.4542, 59.1984)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BC9 #BBC98B

analogous

#8B9CC9 #998BC9 #B88BC9

triadic

#998BC9 #C9998B #8BC999

tetradic

#998BC9 #C98B9C #BBC98B #8BC9B8

square

#998BC9 #C98B9C #BBC98B #8BC9B8

split-complementary

#998BC9 #C9B88B #9CC98B

monochromatic

#574594 #7461B6 #998BC9 #BEB5DC #E2DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#998BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BC9

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BC9	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C94CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F95A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.091 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8add9',
    500: '#998bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bc9;
$custom-light: #b8add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BC9

secondary

#DDE2CE

accent

#AF3694

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BC9

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

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