#998DCD#998DCD

#998DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.094 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998DCD
RGB	rgb(153, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 18.25, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 36.29, 300.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.0356 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.094 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6785, 30.2294, 61.8063)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998DCD #C1CD8D

analogous

#8DA1CD #998DCD #B98DCD

triadic

#998DCD #CD998D #8DCD99

tetradic

#998DCD #CD8DA1 #C1CD8D #8DCDB9

square

#998DCD #CD8DA1 #C1CD8D #8DCDB9

split-complementary

#998DCD #CDB98D #A1CD8D

monochromatic

#55449B #7362BA #998DCD #BFB8E0 #E5E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#998DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#998DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998DCD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998DCD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E98A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.094 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8aedc',
    500: '#998dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998dcd;
$custom-light: #b8aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67817,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998DCD

secondary

#E1E5D1

accent

#B2339A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998DCD

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

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