#998FAF#998FAF

#998FAF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.048 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FAF
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(259, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 10.15, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 18.45, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.0235 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.048 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6957, 29.5123, 44.6284)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FAF #A5AF8F

analogous

#8F95AF #998FAF #A98FAF

triadic

#998FAF #AF998F #8FAF99

tetradic

#998FAF #AF8F95 #A5AF8F #8FAFA9

square

#998FAF #AF8F95 #A5AF8F #8FAFA9

split-complementary

#998FAF #AFA98F #95AF8F

monochromatic

#5C5172 #786B96 #998FAF #BAB3C9 #DAD6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#998FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#998FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998FAF

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FAF	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.048 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afc7',
    500: '#998faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998faf;
$custom-light: #b7afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66963,
    "c": 0.04796,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FAF

secondary

#CFD3C7

accent

#9B4B82

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#111013

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FAF

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

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