#998BCB#998BCB

#998BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.094 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BCB
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 18.91, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 36.45, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.038 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.094 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1464, 29.5489, 60.4455)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BCB #BDCB8B

analogous

#8B9DCB #998BCB #B98BCB

triadic

#998BCB #CB998B #8BCB99

tetradic

#998BCB #CB8B9D #BDCB8B #8BCBB9

square

#998BCB #CB8B9D #BDCB8B #8BCBB9

split-complementary

#998BCB #CBB98B #9DCB8B

monochromatic

#564498 #7461B8 #998BCB #BEB5DE #E3E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#998BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#998BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BCB

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BCB	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F96A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.094 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8addb',
    500: '#998bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bcb;
$custom-light: #b8addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67338,
    "c": 0.09424,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BCB

secondary

#DFE3CF

accent

#B13496

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BCB

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

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