#986AE6#986AE6

#986AE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.182 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986AE6
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 44.22, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 71.82, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0856 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.182 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3823, 22.6963, 77.5223)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986AE6 #B8E66A

analogous

#6A7AE6 #986AE6 #D66AE6

triadic

#986AE6 #E6986A #6AE698

tetradic

#986AE6 #E66A7A #B8E66A #6AE6D6

square

#986AE6 #E66A7A #B8E66A #6AE6D6

split-complementary

#986AE6 #E6D66A #7AE66A

monochromatic

#571FB7 #7436DD #986AE6 #BC9EEF #E0D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#986AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#986AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986AE6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986AE6	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3683EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87839E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.182 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96ee',
    500: '#986ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ae6;
$custom-light: #ba96ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.258,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62845,
    "c": 0.18154,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986AE6

secondary

#DBEAC1

accent

#D3128C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986AE6

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

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