#998CC2#998CC2

#998CC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.080 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CC2
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(254, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 16.18, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 30.85, 301.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.034 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.08 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2504, 29.4232, 55.0087)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CC2 #B5C28C

analogous

#8C9AC2 #998CC2 #B48CC2

triadic

#998CC2 #C2998C #8CC299

tetradic

#998CC2 #C28C9A #B5C28C #8CC2B4

square

#998CC2 #C28C9A #B5C28C #8CC2B4

split-complementary

#998CC2 #C2B48C #9AC28C

monochromatic

#59498A #7664AD #998CC2 #BCB4D7 #E0DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#998CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998CC2

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CC2	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F94C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.080 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7add4',
    500: '#998cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998cc2;
$custom-light: #b7add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 30.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67134,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CC2

secondary

#DADECC

accent

#A93C8F

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CC2

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

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