#998BDA#998BDA

#998BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BDA
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 22.63, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 44.70, 300.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0416 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.115 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0212, 30.2988, 70.3192)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BDA #CCDA8B

analogous

#8BA4DA #998BDA #C18BDA

triadic

#998BDA #DA998B #8BDA99

tetradic

#998BDA #DA8BA4 #CCDA8B #8BDAC1

square

#998BDA #DA8BA4 #CCDA8B #8BDAC1

split-complementary

#998BDA #DAC18B #A4DA8B

monochromatic

#4E39B2 #705DCB #998BDA #C2B9E9 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#998BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#998BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998BDA

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BDA	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7597DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A99A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ade6',
    500: '#998bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bda;
$custom-light: #b9ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68048,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BDA

secondary

#E8EBD5

accent

#BF26A4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BDA

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

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