#998DB9#998DB9

#998DB9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.066 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998DB9
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(256, 24%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 13.52, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 25.25, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0298 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.066 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4168, 29.3247, 49.8946)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998DB9 #ADB98D

analogous

#8D97B9 #998DB9 #AF8DB9

triadic

#998DB9 #B9998D #8DB999

tetradic

#998DB9 #B98D97 #ADB98D #8DB9AF

square

#998DB9 #B98D97 #ADB98D #8DB9AF

split-complementary

#998DB9 #B9AF8D #97B98D

monochromatic

#5B4D7E #7767A2 #998DB9 #BBB3D0 #DDD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#998DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#998DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998DB9

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998DB9	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8593B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93949C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.066 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7aece',
    500: '#998db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998db9;
$custom-light: #b7aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 23.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66954,
    "c": 0.0655,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998DB9

secondary

#D4D9C9

accent

#A24388

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998DB9

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

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