#998BE0#998BE0

#998BE0 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BE0
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(250, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 24.16, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 47.98, 300.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0429 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.124 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8206, 30.6186, 74.5293)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BE0 #D2E08B

analogous

#8BA7E0 #998BE0 #C38BE0

triadic

#998BE0 #E0998B #8BE099

tetradic

#998BE0 #E08BA7 #D2E08B #8BE0C3

square

#998BE0 #E08BA7 #D2E08B #8BE0C3

split-complementary

#998BE0 #E0C38B #A7E08B

monochromatic

#4A33BE #6F5BD3 #998BE0 #C3BBED #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#998BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#998BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998BE0

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BE0	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7298E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7294DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9adea',
    500: '#998be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998be0;
$custom-light: #b9adea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.882,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68346,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BE0

secondary

#EBEFD8

accent

#C520AA

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BE0

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

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