#986AE9#986AE9

#986AE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.185 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986AE9
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 44.98, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 73.39, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0857 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.185 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8072, 22.8662, 79.7602)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986AE9 #BBE96A

analogous

#6A7CE9 #986AE9 #D76AE9

triadic

#986AE9 #E9986A #6AE998

tetradic

#986AE9 #E96A7C #BBE96A #6AE9D7

square

#986AE9 #E96A7C #BBE96A #6AE9D7

split-complementary

#986AE9 #E9D76A #7CE96A

monochromatic

#561CBD #7335E1 #986AE9 #BD9FF1 #E2D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#986AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#986AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986AE9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986AE9	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3384ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4182E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.185 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96f1',
    500: '#986ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ae9;
$custom-light: #ba96f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.732,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63032,
    "c": 0.18522,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986AE9

secondary

#DDECC3

accent

#D60F8E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986AE9

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

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