#986BB1#986BB1

#986BB1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.114 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BB1
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 177)
HSL	hsl(279, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 40%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 30.99, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 43.38, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.0776 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.114 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1411, 20.3656, 44.1403)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BB1 #84B16B

analogous

#756BB1 #986BB1 #B16BA7

triadic

#986BB1 #B1986B #6BB198

tetradic

#986BB1 #B1756B #84B16B #6BA7B1

square

#986BB1 #B1756B #84B16B #6BA7B1

split-complementary

#986BB1 #A7B16B #6BB175

monochromatic

#58386A #794D92 #986BB1 #B493C6 #D0BBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#986BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#986BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BB1

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BB1	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.114 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b796c8',
    500: '#986bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bb1;
$custom-light: #b796c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60083,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BB1

secondary

#B8CAAD

accent

#C76185

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BB1

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

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