#998BCC#998BCC

#998BCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.096 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BCC
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(253, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 19.15, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 37.00, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0382 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.096 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2660, 29.5968, 61.0752)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BCC #BECC8B

analogous

#8B9ECC #998BCC #BA8BCC

triadic

#998BCC #CC998B #8BCC99

tetradic

#998BCC #CC8B9E #BECC8B #8BCCBA

square

#998BCC #CC8B9E #BECC8B #8BCCBA

split-complementary

#998BCC #CCBA8B #9ECC8B

monochromatic

#564399 #7460B9 #998BCC #BEB6DF #E4E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#998BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#998BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BCC

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BCC	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E96A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.096 293.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.923,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67384,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BCC

secondary

#DFE4CF

accent

#B23497

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BCC

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

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