#998EC2#998EC2

#998EC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.077 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EC2
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(253, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 15.04, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 29.58, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0311 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.077 294)
XYZ	xyz(32.5453, 30.0130, 55.1069)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EC2 #B7C28E

analogous

#8E9DC2 #998EC2 #B38EC2

triadic

#998EC2 #C2998E #8EC299

tetradic

#998EC2 #C28E9D #B7C28E #8EC2B3

square

#998EC2 #C28E9D #B7C28E #8EC2B3

split-complementary

#998EC2 #C2B38E #9DC28E

monochromatic

#584B8B #7566AD #998EC2 #BDB6D7 #E1DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#998EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#998EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998EC2

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EC2	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8295C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9196A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.077 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afd4',
    500: '#998ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ec2;
$custom-light: #b7afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 29.885,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67529,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.30013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EC2

secondary

#DBDECD

accent

#A93D92

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EC2

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

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