#998EA3#998EA3

#998EA3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.033 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EA3
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(271, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 8.17, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 12.59, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0208 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.033 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4196, 28.7628, 38.6451)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EA3 #98A38E

analogous

#8F8EA3 #998EA3 #A38EA3

triadic

#998EA3 #A3998E #8EA399

tetradic

#998EA3 #A38F8E #98A38E #8EA3A3

square

#998EA3 #A38F8E #98A38E #8EA3A3

split-complementary

#998EA3 #A3A38E #8EA38F

monochromatic

#5C5265 #7A6D86 #998EA3 #B7B0BE #D6D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#998EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#998EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EA3

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EA3	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)

#8B92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.033 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbe',
    500: '#998ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ea3;
$custom-light: #b7afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 10.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66319,
    "c": 0.03306,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EA3

secondary

#C6CAC2

accent

#B37592

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EA3

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

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