#998CA2#998CA2

#998CA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.035 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CA2
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(275, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 14%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 9.10, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 13.41, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.0235 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.035 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0355, 28.1373, 38.0768)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CA2 #95A28C

analogous

#8E8CA2 #998CA2 #A28CA0

triadic

#998CA2 #A2998C #8CA299

tetradic

#998CA2 #A28E8C #95A28C #8CA0A2

square

#998CA2 #A28E8C #95A28C #8CA0A2

split-complementary

#998CA2 #A0A28C #8CA28E

monochromatic

#5C5063 #7B6C85 #998CA2 #B7AEBD #D5D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#998CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#998CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998CA2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CA2	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.035 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adbd',
    500: '#998ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ca2;
$custom-light: #b7adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 10.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65873,
    "c": 0.03535,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CA2

secondary

#C4C9C1

accent

#B4748E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CA2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →