#998BE4#998BE4

#998BE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.129 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BE4
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(249, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 25.19, -43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 50.17, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% 0.0437 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.129 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3694, 30.8381, 77.4199)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BE4 #D6E48B

analogous

#8BAAE4 #998BE4 #C68BE4

triadic

#998BE4 #E4998B #8BE499

tetradic

#998BE4 #E48BAA #D6E48B #8BE4C6

square

#998BE4 #E48BAA #D6E48B #8BE4C6

split-complementary

#998BE4 #E4C68B #AAE48B

monochromatic

#462EC6 #6D59D8 #998BE4 #C5BDF0 #E9E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#998BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#998BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998BE4

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BE4	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7099E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7095E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879BAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aded',
    500: '#998be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998be4;
$custom-light: #b9aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.438,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68549,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BE4

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CA1CAF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BE4

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

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