#998EBB#998EBB

#998EBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.067 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EBB
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 13.41, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 25.71, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.029 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.067 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7776, 29.7059, 51.0637)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EBB #B0BB8E

analogous

#8E9ABB #998EBB #B08EBB

triadic

#998EBB #BB998E #8EBB99

tetradic

#998EBB #BB8E9A #B0BB8E #8EBBB0

square

#998EBB #BB8E9A #B0BB8E #8EBBB0

split-complementary

#998EBB #BBB08E #9ABB8E

monochromatic

#5A4E81 #7768A4 #998EBB #BBB4D2 #DEDAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#998EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#998EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EBB

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EBB	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.067 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afcf',
    500: '#998ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ebb;
$custom-light: #b7afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.667,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EBB

secondary

#D6DACB

accent

#A3428C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EBB

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

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