#998BDE#998BDE

#998BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BDE
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(250, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 23.65, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 46.89, 300.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0425 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.121 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5509, 30.5107, 73.1092)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BDE #D0DE8B

analogous

#8BA6DE #998BDE #C28BDE

triadic

#998BDE #DE998B #8BDE99

tetradic

#998BDE #DE8BA6 #D0DE8B #8BDEC2

square

#998BDE #DE8BA6 #D0DE8B #8BDEC2

split-complementary

#998BDE #DEC28B #A6DE8B

monochromatic

#4B35BA #6F5BD0 #998BDE #C3BBEC #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#998BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#998BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998BDE

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BDE	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7398E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899AAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ade8',
    500: '#998bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bde;
$custom-light: #b9ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.12,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68245,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BDE

secondary

#EAEED7

accent

#C322A8

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BDE

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

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