#998FA4#998FA4

#998FA4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.033 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FA4
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(269, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 13%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 7.81, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 12.46, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.0196 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.033 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6590, 29.0976, 39.1687)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FA4 #9AA48F

analogous

#8F8FA4 #998FA4 #A38FA4

triadic

#998FA4 #A4998F #8FA499

tetradic

#998FA4 #A48F8F #9AA48F #8FA4A3

square

#998FA4 #A48F8F #9AA48F #8FA4A3

split-complementary

#998FA4 #A4A38F #8FA48F

monochromatic

#5C5366 #7A6E88 #998FA4 #B8B1BF #D7D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#998FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#998FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FA4

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FA4	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E93A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.033 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbf',
    500: '#998fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fa4;
$custom-light: #b7afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6656,
    "c": 0.03262,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FA4

secondary

#C8CBC3

accent

#945174

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FA4

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

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