#998ECB#998ECB

#998ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.089 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998ECB
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(251, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 17.19, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 34.56, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0337 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.089 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5868, 30.4296, 60.5923)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998ECB #C0CB8E

analogous

#8EA1CB #998ECB #B88ECB

triadic

#998ECB #CB998E #8ECB99

tetradic

#998ECB #CB8EA1 #C0CB8E #8ECBB8

square

#998ECB #CB8EA1 #C0CB8E #8ECBB8

split-complementary

#998ECB #CBB88E #A1CB8E

monochromatic

#554698 #7364B8 #998ECB #BFB8DE #E5E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#998ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#998ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998ECB

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998ECB	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E98A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.089 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8afdb',
    500: '#998ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ecb;
$custom-light: #b8afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67922,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998ECB

secondary

#E0E4D1

accent

#B0369A

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998ECB

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

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