#998EA2#998EA2

#998EA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.032 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EA2
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(273, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 7.97, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 12.07, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0204 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.032 310)
XYZ	xyz(29.3303, 28.7271, 38.1751)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EA2 #97A28E

analogous

#8F8EA2 #998EA2 #A28EA1

triadic

#998EA2 #A2998E #8EA299

tetradic

#998EA2 #A28F8E #97A28E #8EA1A2

square

#998EA2 #A28F8E #97A28E #8EA1A2

split-complementary

#998EA2 #A1A28E #8EA28F

monochromatic

#5C5264 #7B6E85 #998EA2 #B7B0BE #D6D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#998EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#998EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EA2

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EA2	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.032 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbd',
    500: '#998ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ea2;
$custom-light: #b7afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66284,
    "c": 0.03172,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.28727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EA2

secondary

#C6CAC2

accent

#B37591

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EA2

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

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