#998DC4#998DC4

#998DC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.081 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998DC4
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(253, 32%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 28%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 16.08, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 31.32, 300.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0332 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.081 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6233, 29.8072, 56.2485)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998DC4 #B8C48D

analogous

#8D9CC4 #998DC4 #B48DC4

triadic

#998DC4 #C4998D #8DC499

tetradic

#998DC4 #C48D9C #B8C48D #8DC4B4

square

#998DC4 #C48D9C #B8C48D #8DC4B4

split-complementary

#998DC4 #C4B48D #9CC48D

monochromatic

#58498D #7565AF #998DC4 #BDB5D9 #E1DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#998DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#998DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998DC4

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998DC4	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8095C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8194C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9096A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.081 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8aed6',
    500: '#998dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998dc4;
$custom-light: #b8aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 31.792,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67417,
    "c": 0.08113,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998DC4

secondary

#DBDFCD

accent

#AB3B92

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998DC4

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

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