#986AE8#986AE8

#986AE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.184 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986AE8
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 232)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 54.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 44.73, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 72.87, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0856 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.184 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6648, 22.8092, 79.0100)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986AE8 #BAE86A

analogous

#6A7BE8 #986AE8 #D76AE8

triadic

#986AE8 #E8986A #6AE898

tetradic

#986AE8 #E86A7B #BAE86A #6AE8D7

square

#986AE8 #E86A7B #BAE86A #6AE8D7

split-complementary

#986AE8 #E8D76A #7BE86A

monochromatic

#561DBB #7335E0 #986AE8 #BD9FF0 #E1D4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#986AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#986AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986AE8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986AE8	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3484EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.184 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96f0',
    500: '#986ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ae8;
$custom-light: #ba96f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.905,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6297,
    "c": 0.184,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986AE8

secondary

#DCEBC2

accent

#D5108D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986AE8

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

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