#998CDF#998CDF

#998CDF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998CDF
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 223)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(249, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 37.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 23.33, -40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 46.81, 299.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0413 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.121 290)
XYZ	xyz(35.8308, 30.8554, 73.8656)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998CDF #D2DF8C

analogous

#8CA8DF #998CDF #C28CDF

triadic

#998CDF #DF998C #8CDF99

tetradic

#998CDF #DF8CA8 #D2DF8C #8CDFC2

square

#998CDF #DF8CA8 #D2DF8C #8CDFC2

split-complementary

#998CDF #DFC28C #A8DF8C

monochromatic

#4A34BC #6F5CD2 #998CDF #C3BCEC #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#998CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#998CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998CDF

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998CDF	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7498E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889BAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ade9',
    500: '#998cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998cdf;
$custom-light: #b9ade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.398,
    "s": 56.463,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68484,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.30856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998CDF

secondary

#EBEED8

accent

#C421AB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998CDF

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

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