#998EA7#998EA7

#998EA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.038 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EA7
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(266, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(266, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 9.01, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 14.74, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0222 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.039 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7837, 28.9084, 40.5625)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EA7 #9CA78E

analogous

#8E8FA7 #998EA7 #A58EA7

triadic

#998EA7 #A7998E #8EA799

tetradic

#998EA7 #A78E8F #9CA78E #8EA7A5

square

#998EA7 #A78E8F #9CA78E #8EA7A5

split-complementary

#998EA7 #A7A58E #8FA78E

monochromatic

#5C5269 #7A6C8B #998EA7 #B8B0C2 #D7D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#998EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#998EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EA7

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EA7	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.038 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc1',
    500: '#998ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ea7;
$custom-light: #b7afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 12.438,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66462,
    "c": 0.0385,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EA7

secondary

#C9CDC4

accent

#974F77

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EA7

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

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