#998ECD#998ECD

#998ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.092 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998ECD
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(250, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 17.67, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 35.66, 299.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0342 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.092 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8266, 30.5256, 61.8556)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998ECD #C2CD8E

analogous

#8EA2CD #998ECD #B88ECD

triadic

#998ECD #CD998E #8ECD99

tetradic

#998ECD #CD8EA2 #C2CD8E #8ECDB8

square

#998ECD #CD8EA2 #C2CD8E #8ECDB8

split-complementary

#998ECD #CDB88E #A2CD8E

monochromatic

#54459C #7364BA #998ECD #BFB8E0 #E6E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#998ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#998ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998ECD

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998ECD	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E99A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.092 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8afdc',
    500: '#998ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998ecd;
$custom-light: #b8afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998ECD

secondary

#E2E5D2

accent

#B2349C

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #998ECD

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

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