#998EB4#998EB4

#998EB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.057 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EB4
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 21%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 11.82, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 21.85, 302.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0267 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.057 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0464, 29.4135, 47.2129)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EB4 #A9B48E

analogous

#8E96B4 #998EB4 #AC8EB4

triadic

#998EB4 #B4998E #8EB499

tetradic

#998EB4 #B48E96 #A9B48E #8EB4AC

square

#998EB4 #B48E96 #A9B48E #8EB4AC

split-complementary

#998EB4 #B4AC8E #96B48E

monochromatic

#5B5078 #78699C #998EB4 #BAB3CC #DBD8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#998EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EB4

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EB4	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8694B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.057 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afca',
    500: '#998eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998eb4;
$custom-light: #b7afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 20.213,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66954,
    "c": 0.05673,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EB4

secondary

#D2D6C8

accent

#9F4785

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EB4

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

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