#998EBF#998EBF

#998EBF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.072 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EBF
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 191)
HSL	hsl(253, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 14.33, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 27.92, 300.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0302 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.072 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2117, 29.8796, 53.3504)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EBF #B4BF8E

analogous

#8E9BBF #998EBF #B18EBF

triadic

#998EBF #BF998E #8EBF99

tetradic

#998EBF #BF8E9B #B4BF8E #8EBFB1

square

#998EBF #BF8E9B #B4BF8E #8EBFB1

split-complementary

#998EBF #BFB18E #9BBF8E

monochromatic

#594C86 #7667A9 #998EBF #BCB5D5 #E0DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#998EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#998EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998EBF

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EBF	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.072 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afd2',
    500: '#998ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ebf;
$custom-light: #b7afd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67402,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EBF

secondary

#D9DDCC

accent

#A63F8F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EBF

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

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