#998EB5#998EB5

#998EB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.058 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EB5
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(257, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 12.05, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 22.40, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0271 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.058 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1486, 29.4544, 47.7514)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EB5 #AAB58E

analogous

#8E96B5 #998EB5 #AC8EB5

triadic

#998EB5 #B5998E #8EB599

tetradic

#998EB5 #B58E96 #AAB58E #8EB5AC

square

#998EB5 #B58E96 #AAB58E #8EB5AC

split-complementary

#998EB5 #B5AC8E #96B58E

monochromatic

#5B4F79 #78699D #998EB5 #BAB3CD #DCD8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#998EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EB5

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EB5	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8694B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.058 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afcb',
    500: '#998eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998eb5;
$custom-light: #b7afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 20.856,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66993,
    "c": 0.05815,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EB5

secondary

#D2D6C8

accent

#9F4686

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EB5

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

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