#998FAC#998FAC

#998FAC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.044 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FAC
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 9.50, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 16.80, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0225 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.044 301)
XYZ	xyz(30.4043, 29.3958, 43.0939)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FAC #A2AC8F

analogous

#8F94AC #998FAC #A88FAC

triadic

#998FAC #AC998F #8FAC99

tetradic

#998FAC #AC8F94 #A2AC8F #8FACA8

square

#998FAC #AC8F94 #A2AC8F #8FACA8

split-complementary

#998FAC #ACA88F #94AC8F

monochromatic

#5C526F #796C92 #998FAC #B9B2C6 #D9D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#998FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FAC

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FAC	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.044 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc4',
    500: '#998fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fac;
$custom-light: #b7afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 14.872,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6685,
    "c": 0.04373,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.29396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FAC

secondary

#CDD1C6

accent

#994C7F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FAC

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

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