#986AFF#986AFF

#986AFF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.212 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986AFF
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 255)
HSL	hsl(259, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 50.66, -68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 84.83, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.0857 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.212 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1481, 24.2026, 97.3554)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986AFF #D1FF6A

analogous

#6A86FF #986AFF #E26AFF

triadic

#986AFF #FF986A #6AFF98

tetradic

#986AFF #FF6A86 #D1FF6A #6AFFE2

square

#986AFF #FF6A86 #D1FF6A #6AFFE2

split-complementary

#986AFF #FFE26A #86FF6A

monochromatic

#4A00EF #6E2DFF #986AFF #C2A7FF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#986AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#986AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986AFF

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986AFF	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0089FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C84FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8BAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.212 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc96ff',
    500: '#986aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986aff;
$custom-light: #bc96ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.523,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.21184,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986AFF

secondary

#EAF6CE

accent

#E6009F

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130D18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #986AFF

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

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