#998FAA#998FAA

#998FAA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.041 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FAA
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 170)
HSL	hsl(262, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 9.07, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 15.71, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0218 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.041 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2137, 29.3195, 42.0899)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FAA #A0AA8F

analogous

#8F93AA #998FAA #A78FAA

triadic

#998FAA #AA998F #8FAA99

tetradic

#998FAA #AA8F93 #A0AA8F #8FAAA7

square

#998FAA #AA8F93 #A0AA8F #8FAAA7

split-complementary

#998FAA #AAA78F #93AA8F

monochromatic

#5C526C #796D8F #998FAA #B9B2C4 #D8D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#998FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#998FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FAA

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FAA	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.041 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc3',
    500: '#998faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998faa;
$custom-light: #b7afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 13.706,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66776,
    "c": 0.04092,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FAA

secondary

#CCCFC5

accent

#984E7C

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FAA

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

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