#998EA4#998EA4

#998EA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.034 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EA4
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 8.38, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 13.13, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.0211 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.034 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5095, 28.7987, 39.1189)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EA4 #99A48E

analogous

#8E8EA4 #998EA4 #A48EA4

triadic

#998EA4 #A4998E #8EA499

tetradic

#998EA4 #A48E8E #99A48E #8EA4A4

square

#998EA4 #A48E8E #99A48E #8EA4A4

split-complementary

#998EA4 #A4A48E #8EA48E

monochromatic

#5C5266 #7A6D88 #998EA4 #B8B0BF #D6D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#998EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#998EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EA4

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EA4	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.034 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbf',
    500: '#998ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ea4;
$custom-light: #b7afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66355,
    "c": 0.0344,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EA4

secondary

#C7CBC3

accent

#B47494

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EA4

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

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