#998BEE#998BEE

#998BEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.143 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998BEE
RGB	rgb(153, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(248, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(248, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 27.81, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 55.61, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.0455 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.143 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7979, 31.4095, 84.9435)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998BEE #E0EE8B

analogous

#8BAFEE #998BEE #CB8BEE

triadic

#998BEE #EE998B #8BEE99

tetradic

#998BEE #EE8BAF #E0EE8B #8BEECB

square

#998BEE #EE8BAF #E0EE8B #8BEECB

split-complementary

#998BEE #EECB8B #AFEE8B

monochromatic

#3B21DE #6A56E6 #998BEE #C8C0F6 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#998BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#998BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998BEE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998BEE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A9AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A96EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839EB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.143 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baadf4',
    500: '#998bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998bee;
$custom-light: #baadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.485,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69072,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998BEE

secondary

#EFF3D8

accent

#D70FBA

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #998BEE

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

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