#998CB3#998CB3

#998CB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.059 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CB3
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(260, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 12.75, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 22.59, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0294 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.059 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6500, 28.7831, 46.5801)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CB3 #A6B38C

analogous

#8C92B3 #998CB3 #AD8CB3

triadic

#998CB3 #B3998C #8CB399

tetradic

#998CB3 #B38C92 #A6B38C #8CB3AD

square

#998CB3 #B38C92 #A6B38C #8CB3AD

split-complementary

#998CB3 #B3AD8C #92B38C

monochromatic

#5C4E76 #78679B #998CB3 #BAB1CB #DAD6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#998CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#998CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998CB3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CB3	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.059 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adc9',
    500: '#998cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998cb3;
$custom-light: #b7adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 20.419,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66512,
    "c": 0.05869,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CB3

secondary

#D0D4C6

accent

#9F4781

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CB3

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

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