#998BD2#998BD2

#998BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BD2
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 20.63, -34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 40.30, 300.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0397 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.104 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9995, 29.8902, 64.9384)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BD2 #C4D28B

analogous

#8BA0D2 #998BD2 #BC8BD2

triadic

#998BD2 #D2998B #8BD299

tetradic

#998BD2 #D28BA0 #C4D28B #8BD2BC

square

#998BD2 #D28BA0 #C4D28B #8BD2BC

split-complementary

#998BD2 #D2BC8B #A0D28B

monochromatic

#533FA3 #725FC1 #998BD2 #C0B7E3 #E7E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#998BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#998BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998BD2

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BD2	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7896D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7993D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D97A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ade0',
    500: '#998bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bd2;
$custom-light: #b8ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.831,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67663,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BD2

secondary

#E3E7D2

accent

#B72E9C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BD2

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

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