#998FBD#998FBD

#998FBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.068 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998FBD
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 189)
HSL	hsl(253, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 24.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 13.30, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 26.18, 300.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0281 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.068 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1426, 30.0911, 52.2490)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998FBD #B3BD8F

analogous

#8F9CBD #998FBD #B08FBD

triadic

#998FBD #BD998F #8FBD99

tetradic

#998FBD #BD8F9C #B3BD8F #8FBDB0

square

#998FBD #BD8F9C #B3BD8F #8FBDB0

split-complementary

#998FBD #BDB08F #9CBD8F

monochromatic

#594E84 #7668A6 #998FBD #BCB6D4 #DFDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#998FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#998FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #998FBD

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998FBD	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.068 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afd1',
    500: '#998fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998fbd;
$custom-light: #b7afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 25.843,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.06792,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998FBD

secondary

#D8DCCC

accent

#A4418F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#111014

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #998FBD

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

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