#998CAA#998CAA

#998CAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.046 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CAA
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(266, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(266, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 10.78, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 17.68, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0264 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.046 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7693, 28.4308, 41.9418)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CAA #9DAA8C

analogous

#8C8EAA #998CAA #A88CAA

triadic

#998CAA #AA998C #8CAA99

tetradic

#998CAA #AA8C8E #9DAA8C #8CAAA8

square

#998CAA #AA8C8E #9DAA8C #8CAAA8

split-complementary

#998CAA #AAA88C #8EAA8C

monochromatic

#5C506C #7A6A8F #998CAA #B8AFC4 #D7D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#998CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#998CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998CAA

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CAA	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8791AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8991A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.046 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adc3',
    500: '#998caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998caa;
$custom-light: #b7adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66165,
    "c": 0.04615,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CAA

secondary

#CACFC3

accent

#994C78

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CAA

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

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