#986BC5#986BC5

#986BC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.139 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BC5
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 197)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 45.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 35.57, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 53.82, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.0812 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.139 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2826, 21.2222, 55.4188)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BC5 #98C56B

analogous

#6B6BC5 #986BC5 #C56BC5

triadic

#986BC5 #C5986B #6BC598

tetradic

#986BC5 #C56B6B #98C56B #6BC5C5

square

#986BC5 #C56B6B #98C56B #6BC5C5

split-complementary

#986BC5 #C5C56B #6BC56B

monochromatic

#5B3382 #7944AE #986BC5 #B797D6 #D5C3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#986BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#986BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BC5

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BC5	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.139 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896d7',
    500: '#986bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bc5;
$custom-light: #b896d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61101,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BC5

secondary

#C6D7B4

accent

#D35494

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BC5

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

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