#998FAE#998FAE

#998FAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.047 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FAE
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(259, 16%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 9.93, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 17.90, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0232 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.047 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5978, 29.4732, 44.1131)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FAE #A4AE8F

analogous

#8F95AE #998FAE #A98FAE

triadic

#998FAE #AE998F #8FAE99

tetradic

#998FAE #AE8F95 #A4AE8F #8FAEA9

square

#998FAE #AE8F95 #A4AE8F #8FAEA9

split-complementary

#998FAE #AEA98F #95AE8F

monochromatic

#5C5271 #796B94 #998FAE #B9B3C8 #DAD6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#998FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#998FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FAE

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FAE	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)

#8994AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.047 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc6',
    500: '#998fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fae;
$custom-light: #b7afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 16.062,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66925,
    "c": 0.04655,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FAE

secondary

#CED2C7

accent

#9A4B81

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FAE

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

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