#998FA7#998FA7

#998FA7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.037 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FA7
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 167)
HSL	hsl(265, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 14%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 8.44, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 14.08, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0207 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.037 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9331, 29.2073, 40.6124)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FA7 #9DA78F

analogous

#8F91A7 #998FA7 #A58FA7

triadic

#998FA7 #A7998F #8FA799

tetradic

#998FA7 #A78F91 #9DA78F #8FA7A5

square

#998FA7 #A78F91 #9DA78F #8FA7A5

split-complementary

#998FA7 #A7A58F #91A78F

monochromatic

#5C5369 #7A6D8B #998FA7 #B8B1C2 #D7D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#998FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#998FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FA7

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FA7	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D93A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.037 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc1',
    500: '#998fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fa7;
$custom-light: #b7afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66667,
    "c": 0.03675,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FA7

secondary

#CACDC4

accent

#964F79

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FA7

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

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