#986497#986497

#986497 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.097 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986497
RGB	rgb(152, 100, 151)
HSL	hsl(301, 21%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(301, 34%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 0.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 29.55, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 35.32, 326.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.0821 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.097 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0915, 18.0250, 31.5350)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986497 #649865

analogous

#7F6498 #986497 #98647D

triadic

#986497 #979864 #649798

tetradic

#986497 #987F64 #649865 #647D98

square

#986497 #987F64 #649865 #647D98

split-complementary

#986497 #7D9864 #64987F

monochromatic

#4E334E #734C72 #986497 #B188B0 #C9ADC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#986497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#986497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986497

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986497	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 100, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.097 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b791b5',
    500: '#986497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986497;
$custom-light: #b791b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.154,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57667,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986497

secondary

#A0B8A0

accent

#BD6C6B

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #986497

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

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