#986AEF#986AEF

#986AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.193 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986AEF
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 46.52, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 76.53, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0858 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.193 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6789, 23.2149, 84.3511)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986AEF #C1EF6A

analogous

#6A7EEF #986AEF #DB6AEF

triadic

#986AEF #EF986A #6AEF98

tetradic

#986AEF #EF6A7E #C1EF6A #6AEFDB

square

#986AEF #EF6A7E #C1EF6A #6AEFDB

split-complementary

#986AEF #EFDB6A #7EEF6A

monochromatic

#5416C9 #7233E9 #986AEF #BEA1F5 #E4D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#986AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#986AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986AEF

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986AEF	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A85F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8386A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.193 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb96f5',
    500: '#986aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986aef;
$custom-light: #bb96f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.752,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.19254,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986AEF

secondary

#E1EFC6

accent

#DD0993

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986AEF

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

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