#998EDD#998EDD

#998EDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EDD
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(248, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(248, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 21.67, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 44.47, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0382 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.115 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8576, 31.3380, 72.5522)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EDD #D2DD8E

analogous

#8EAADD #998EDD #C08EDD

triadic

#998EDD #DD998E #8EDD99

tetradic

#998EDD #DD8EAA #D2DD8E #8EDDC0

square

#998EDD #DD8EAA #D2DD8E #8EDDC0

split-complementary

#998EDD #DDC08E #AADD8E

monochromatic

#4A38B9 #6F5FCF #998EDD #C3BDEB #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#998EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#998EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998EDD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EDD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afe8',
    500: '#998edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998edd;
$custom-light: #b9afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.354,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68765,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EDD

secondary

#EBEED9

accent

#C124AB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FC

border

#D0CED5

text

#121016

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EDD

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

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