#998CC0#998CC0

#998CC0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.077 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CC0
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 192)
HSL	hsl(255, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 15.71, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 29.75, 301.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0335 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.077 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0273, 29.3340, 53.8337)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CC0 #B3C08C

analogous

#8C99C0 #998CC0 #B38CC0

triadic

#998CC0 #C0998C #8CC099

tetradic

#998CC0 #C08C99 #B3C08C #8CC0B3

square

#998CC0 #C08C99 #B3C08C #8CC0B3

split-complementary

#998CC0 #C0B38C #99C08C

monochromatic

#594A87 #7664AA #998CC0 #BCB4D6 #DFDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#998CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#998CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998CC0

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CC0	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8094C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.077 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7add3',
    500: '#998cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998cc0;
$custom-light: #b7add3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 29.213,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67048,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CC0

secondary

#D8DDCB

accent

#A83E8D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CC0

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

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