#998EEE#998EEE

#998EEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.138 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998EEE
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(247, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(247, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 26.08, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 53.76, 299.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0416 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.138 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2383, 32.2902, 85.0903)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998EEE #E3EE8E

analogous

#8EB3EE #998EEE #C98EEE

triadic

#998EEE #EE998E #8EEE99

tetradic

#998EEE #EE8EB3 #E3EE8E #8EEEC9

square

#998EEE #EE8EB3 #E3EE8E #8EEEC9

split-complementary

#998EEE #EEC98E #B3EE8E

monochromatic

#3924DE #6959E6 #998EEE #C9C3F6 #E7E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#998EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#998EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998EEE

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998EEE	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E97EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.138 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaff4',
    500: '#998eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998eee;
$custom-light: #baaff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.875,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69627,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998EEE

secondary

#F0F3D8

accent

#D610BF

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#121017

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #998EEE

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

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