#998EA0#998EA0

#998EA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.029 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EA0
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(277, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 7.56, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 11.02, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0196 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.029 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1540, 28.6565, 37.2463)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EA0 #95A08E

analogous

#908EA0 #998EA0 #A08E9E

triadic

#998EA0 #A0998E #8EA099

tetradic

#998EA0 #A0908E #95A08E #8E9EA0

square

#998EA0 #A0908E #95A08E #8E9EA0

split-complementary

#998EA0 #9EA08E #8EA090

monochromatic

#5C5262 #7B6E83 #998EA0 #B7AFBC #D5D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#998EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#998EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EA0

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EA0	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.029 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbc',
    500: '#998ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ea0;
$custom-light: #b7afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66214,
    "c": 0.02908,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EA0

secondary

#C4C8C1

accent

#B2768D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EA0

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

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