#998EBD#998EBD

#998EBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.070 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EBD
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 13.87, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 26.82, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0296 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.07 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9931, 29.7922, 52.1992)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EBD #B2BD8E

analogous

#8E9ABD #998EBD #B18EBD

triadic

#998EBD #BD998E #8EBD99

tetradic

#998EBD #BD8E9A #B2BD8E #8EBDB1

square

#998EBD #BD8E9A #B2BD8E #8EBDB1

split-complementary

#998EBD #BDB18E #9ABD8E

monochromatic

#5A4D84 #7667A6 #998EBD #BCB5D4 #DFDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#998EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#998EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EBD

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EBD	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.070 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afd1',
    500: '#998ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ebd;
$custom-light: #b7afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67318,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EBD

secondary

#D8DBCB

accent

#A5418D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EBD

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

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