#998BDB#998BDB

#998BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BDB
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 22.88, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 45.25, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0418 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.117 291)
XYZ	xyz(35.1524, 30.3513, 71.0104)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BDB #CDDB8B

analogous

#8BA5DB #998BDB #C18BDB

triadic

#998BDB #DB998B #8BDB99

tetradic

#998BDB #DB8BA5 #CDDB8B #8BDBC1

square

#998BDB #DB8BA5 #CDDB8B #8BDBC1

split-complementary

#998BDB #DBC18B #A5DB8B

monochromatic

#4D38B4 #705CCD #998BDB #C2BAE9 #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#998BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#998BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998BDB

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BDB	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7497DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A99A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 291.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68097,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.30352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BDB

secondary

#E8ECD6

accent

#C025A5

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BDB

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

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