#986AE3#986AE3

#986AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.178 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986AE3
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 43.47, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 70.25, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0854 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.178 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9647, 22.5292, 75.3227)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986AE3 #B5E36A

analogous

#6A78E3 #986AE3 #D56AE3

triadic

#986AE3 #E3986A #6AE398

tetradic

#986AE3 #E36A78 #B5E36A #6AE3D5

square

#986AE3 #E36A78 #B5E36A #6AE3D5

split-complementary

#986AE3 #E3D56A #78E36A

monochromatic

#5821B1 #7436D9 #986AE3 #BC9EED #DFD1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#986AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#986AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986AE3

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986AE3	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A83E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88829C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.178 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96ec',
    500: '#986ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ae3;
$custom-light: #ba96ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.81,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986AE3

secondary

#D9E9C0

accent

#D01589

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986AE3

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

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