#986ACE#986ACE

#986ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.152 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986ACE
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 206)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 38.28, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 59.20, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.0838 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.152 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2411, 21.4398, 60.9784)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986ACE #A0CE6A

analogous

#6A6ECE #986ACE #CA6ACE

triadic

#986ACE #CE986A #6ACE98

tetradic

#986ACE #CE6A6E #A0CE6A #6ACECA

square

#986ACE #CE6A6E #A0CE6A #6ACECA

split-complementary

#986ACE #CECA6A #6ECE6A

monochromatic

#5B2F8F #783EBD #986ACE #B898DD #D8C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#986ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#986ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986ACE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986ACE	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.152 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996dd',
    500: '#986ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ace;
$custom-light: #b996dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61427,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986ACE

secondary

#CBDDB7

accent

#BE2879

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986ACE

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

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