#998BCA#998BCA

#998BCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.093 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BCA
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 18.67, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 35.90, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.0377 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.093 294)
XYZ	xyz(33.0276, 29.5014, 59.8200)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BCA #BCCA8B

analogous

#8B9DCA #998BCA #B98BCA

triadic

#998BCA #CA998B #8BCA99

tetradic

#998BCA #CA8B9D #BCCA8B #8BCAB9

square

#998BCA #CA8B9D #BCCA8B #8BCAB9

split-complementary

#998BCA #CAB98B #9DCA8B

monochromatic

#574596 #7461B7 #998BCA #BEB5DD #E3DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#998BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#998BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BCA

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BCA	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B94CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F95A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.093 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8adda',
    500: '#998bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bca;
$custom-light: #b8adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67293,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.29502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BCA

secondary

#DEE2CE

accent

#B03595

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BCA

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

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