#998DB3#998DB3

#998DB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.057 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998DB3
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(259, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(259, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 12.17, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 21.94, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0279 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.057 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7968, 29.0767, 46.6290)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998DB3 #A7B38D

analogous

#8D94B3 #998DB3 #AC8DB3

triadic

#998DB3 #B3998D #8DB399

tetradic

#998DB3 #B38D94 #A7B38D #8DB3AC

square

#998DB3 #B38D94 #A7B38D #8DB3AC

split-complementary

#998DB3 #B3AC8D #94B38D

monochromatic

#5C4F77 #78689B #998DB3 #BAB2CB #DBD6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#998DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#998DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998DB3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998DB3	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.057 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7aec9',
    500: '#998db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998db3;
$custom-light: #b7aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66713,
    "c": 0.057,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998DB3

secondary

#D0D5C7

accent

#9E4783

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998DB3

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

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