#986AEE#986AEE

#986AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.191 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986AEE
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 46.26, -60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 76.01, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0858 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.191 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5316, 23.1560, 83.5753)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986AEE #C0EE6A

analogous

#6A7EEE #986AEE #DA6AEE

triadic

#986AEE #EE986A #6AEE98

tetradic

#986AEE #EE6A7E #C0EE6A #6AEEDA

square

#986AEE #EE6A7E #C0EE6A #6AEEDA

split-complementary

#986AEE #EEDA6A #7EEE6A

monochromatic

#5417C7 #7233E8 #986AEE #BEA1F4 #E4D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#986AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#986AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986AEE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986AEE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8485A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.191 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f4',
    500: '#986aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986aee;
$custom-light: #bb96f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.909,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63348,
    "c": 0.19132,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986AEE

secondary

#E0EFC5

accent

#DC0A93

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986AEE

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

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