#998EB2#998EB2

#998EB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.054 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EB2
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(258, 19%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(258, 20%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 11.38, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 20.74, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0261 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.054 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8441, 29.3326, 46.1476)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EB2 #A7B28E

analogous

#8E95B2 #998EB2 #AB8EB2

triadic

#998EB2 #B2998E #8EB299

tetradic

#998EB2 #B28E95 #A7B28E #8EB2AB

square

#998EB2 #B28E95 #A7B28E #8EB2AB

split-complementary

#998EB2 #B2AB8E #95B28E

monochromatic

#5C5076 #786A99 #998EB2 #BAB2CB #DBD7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#998EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#998EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EB2

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EB2	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8793B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95939A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.054 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc9',
    500: '#998eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998eb2;
$custom-light: #b7afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 18.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66876,
    "c": 0.0539,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EB2

secondary

#D0D4C7

accent

#9D4883

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EB2

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

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