#998DBD#998DBD

#998DBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.071 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998DBD
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 14.44, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 27.45, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0311 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.071 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8450, 29.4960, 52.1498)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998DBD #B1BD8D

analogous

#8D99BD #998DBD #B18DBD

triadic

#998DBD #BD998D #8DBD99

tetradic

#998DBD #BD8D99 #B1BD8D #8DBDB1

square

#998DBD #BD8D99 #B1BD8D #8DBDB1

split-complementary

#998DBD #BDB18D #99BD8D

monochromatic

#5A4C83 #7666A7 #998DBD #BCB4D3 #DEDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#998DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#998DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998DBD

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998DBD	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.071 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7aed1',
    500: '#998dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998dbd;
$custom-light: #b7aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67119,
    "c": 0.07118,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998DBD

secondary

#D7DBCB

accent

#A5408C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998DBD

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

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