#998EA9#998EA9

#998EA9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.041 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EA9
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(264, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 9.43, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 15.82, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0229 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.041 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9700, 28.9829, 41.5438)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EA9 #9EA98E

analogous

#8E90A9 #998EA9 #A68EA9

triadic

#998EA9 #A9998E #8EA999

tetradic

#998EA9 #A98E90 #9EA98E #8EA9A6

square

#998EA9 #A98E90 #9EA98E #8EA9A6

split-complementary

#998EA9 #A9A68E #90A98E

monochromatic

#5C526B #7A6C8E #998EA9 #B8B1C3 #D8D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#998EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#998EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EA9

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EA9	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.041 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc2',
    500: '#998ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ea9;
$custom-light: #b7afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66535,
    "c": 0.04126,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EA9

secondary

#CACEC4

accent

#984E7A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EA9

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

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