#998CD2#998CD2

#998CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.103 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CD2
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 20.05, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 39.68, 300.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0383 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.103 292)
XYZ	xyz(34.1450, 30.1811, 64.9869)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CD2 #C5D28C

analogous

#8CA2D2 #998CD2 #BC8CD2

triadic

#998CD2 #D2998C #8CD299

tetradic

#998CD2 #D28CA2 #C5D28C #8CD2BC

square

#998CD2 #D28CA2 #C5D28C #8CD2BC

split-complementary

#998CD2 #D2BC8C #A2D28C

monochromatic

#5340A4 #7260C1 #998CD2 #C0B8E3 #E7E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#998CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#998CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998CD2

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CD2	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7996D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A94D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D98A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.103 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ade0',
    500: '#998cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998cd2;
$custom-light: #b8ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67855,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.30182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CD2

secondary

#E3E7D2

accent

#B72F9E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CD2

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

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