#998FA0#998FA0

#998FA0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.027 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FA0
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(275, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 6.99, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 10.34, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0181 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.027 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3034, 28.9554, 37.2961)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FA0 #96A08F

analogous

#918FA0 #998FA0 #A08F9F

triadic

#998FA0 #A0998F #8FA099

tetradic

#998FA0 #A0918F #96A08F #8F9FA0

square

#998FA0 #A0918F #96A08F #8F9FA0

split-complementary

#998FA0 #9FA08F #8FA091

monochromatic

#5C5362 #7B6F83 #998FA0 #B7B0BC #D5D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#998FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#998FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FA0

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FA0	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.027 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbc',
    500: '#998fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fa0;
$custom-light: #b7afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 8.213,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66421,
    "c": 0.02726,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FA0

secondary

#C5C9C2

accent

#B1778F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FA0

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

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