#986BC3#986BC3

#986BC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.136 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BC3
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 195)
HSL	hsl(271, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 45.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 35.10, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 52.76, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.0809 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.136 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0549, 21.1311, 54.2199)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BC3 #96C36B

analogous

#6C6BC3 #986BC3 #C36BC2

triadic

#986BC3 #C3986B #6BC398

tetradic

#986BC3 #C36C6B #96C36B #6BC2C3

square

#986BC3 #C36C6B #96C36B #6BC2C3

split-complementary

#986BC3 #C2C36B #6BC36C

monochromatic

#5B3480 #7A45AB #986BC3 #B697D5 #D5C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#986BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#986BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BC3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BC3	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92798E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.136 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896d5',
    500: '#986bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bc3;
$custom-light: #b896d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.682,
    "s": 42.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60995,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BC3

secondary

#C5D6B4

accent

#D25692

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BC3

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

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