#998FA2#998FA2

#998FA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.030 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FA2
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 162)
HSL	hsl(272, 9%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 7.40, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 11.40, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0189 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.03 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4798, 29.0260, 38.2249)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FA2 #98A28F

analogous

#908FA2 #998FA2 #A28FA1

triadic

#998FA2 #A2998F #8FA299

tetradic

#998FA2 #A2908F #98A28F #8FA1A2

square

#998FA2 #A2908F #98A28F #8FA1A2

split-complementary

#998FA2 #A1A28F #8FA290

monochromatic

#5C5364 #7A6F85 #998FA2 #B7B0BE #D6D2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#998FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#998FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FA2

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FA2	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.030 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbd',
    500: '#998fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fa2;
$custom-light: #b7afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 9.268,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6649,
    "c": 0.02992,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FA2

secondary

#C6CAC3

accent

#B27692

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FA2

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

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