#998DB5#998DB5

#998DB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.060 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998DB5
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 12.62, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 23.04, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0286 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.06 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0005, 29.1581, 47.7020)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998DB5 #A9B58D

analogous

#8D95B5 #998DB5 #AD8DB5

triadic

#998DB5 #B5998D #8DB599

tetradic

#998DB5 #B58D95 #A9B58D #8DB5AD

square

#998DB5 #B58D95 #A9B58D #8DB5AD

split-complementary

#998DB5 #B5AD8D #95B58D

monochromatic

#5B4F79 #78689D #998DB5 #BAB2CD #DBD7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#998DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#998DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998DB5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998DB5	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94939B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.060 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7aecb',
    500: '#998db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998db5;
$custom-light: #b7aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 21.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66792,
    "c": 0.05983,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998DB5

secondary

#D2D6C8

accent

#A04685

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998DB5

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

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