#998FAD#998FAD

#998FAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.045 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FAD
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(260, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(260, 17%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 9.72, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 17.35, 304.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0228 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.045 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5007, 29.4343, 43.6016)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FAD #A3AD8F

analogous

#8F94AD #998FAD #A88FAD

triadic

#998FAD #AD998F #8FAD99

tetradic

#998FAD #AD8F94 #A3AD8F #8FADA8

square

#998FAD #AD8F94 #A3AD8F #8FADA8

split-complementary

#998FAD #ADA88F #94AD8F

monochromatic

#5C5270 #796C93 #998FAD #B9B2C7 #D9D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#998FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FAD

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FAD	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8993AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.045 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc5',
    500: '#998fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fad;
$custom-light: #b7afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 15.464,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66888,
    "c": 0.04514,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FAD

secondary

#CED1C6

accent

#9A4C80

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111012

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FAD

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

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