#986BC8#986BC8

#986BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.143 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BC8
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 46.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 36.28, -41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 55.40, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0816 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.143 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6297, 21.3611, 57.2472)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BC8 #9BC86B

analogous

#6B6CC8 #986BC8 #C66BC8

triadic

#986BC8 #C8986B #6BC898

tetradic

#986BC8 #C86B6C #9BC86B #6BC8C6

square

#986BC8 #C86B6C #9BC86B #6BC8C6

split-complementary

#986BC8 #C8C66B #6CC86B

monochromatic

#5B3287 #7943B3 #986BC8 #B798D9 #D6C4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#986BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#986BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BC8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BC8	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#527ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.143 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896d9',
    500: '#986bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bc8;
$custom-light: #b896d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BC8

secondary

#C8D9B6

accent

#B92C75

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BC8

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

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