#998CDC#998CDC

#998CDC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CDC
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(250, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 22.56, -39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 45.17, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0407 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.117 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4299, 30.6951, 71.7543)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CDC #CFDC8C

analogous

#8CA7DC #998CDC #C18CDC

triadic

#998CDC #DC998C #8CDC99

tetradic

#998CDC #DC8CA7 #CFDC8C #8CDCC1

square

#998CDC #DC8CA7 #CFDC8C #8CDCC1

split-complementary

#998CDC #DCC18C #A7DC8C

monochromatic

#4C37B6 #6F5DCE #998CDC #C3BBEA #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#998CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#998CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998CDC

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CDC	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7598DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899AAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ade7',
    500: '#998cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998cdc;
$custom-light: #b9ade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68335,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CDC

secondary

#E9EDD7

accent

#C125A7

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CDC

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

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