#998BCD#998BCD

#998BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.097 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BCD
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 19.40, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 37.55, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.0385 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.097 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3863, 29.6449, 61.7089)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BCD #BFCD8B

analogous

#8B9ECD #998BCD #BA8BCD

triadic

#998BCD #CD998B #8BCD99

tetradic

#998BCD #CD8B9E #BFCD8B #8BCDBA

square

#998BCD #CD8B9E #BFCD8B #8BCDBA

split-complementary

#998BCD #CDBA8B #9ECD8B

monochromatic

#55439B #7360BB #998BCD #BFB6DF #E4E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#998BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#998BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BCD

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BCD	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E96A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.097 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8addc',
    500: '#998bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bcd;
$custom-light: #b8addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6743,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BCD

secondary

#E0E4D0

accent

#B33398

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BCD

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

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