#986BCB#986BCB

#986BCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.146 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BCB
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 47.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 37.00, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 56.98, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.082 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.146 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9838, 21.5027, 59.1118)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BCB #9ECB6B

analogous

#6B6ECB #986BCB #C86BCB

triadic

#986BCB #CB986B #6BCB98

tetradic

#986BCB #CB6B6E #9ECB6B #6BCBC8

square

#986BCB #CB6B6E #9ECB6B #6BCBC8

split-complementary

#986BCB #CBC86B #6ECB6B

monochromatic

#5B318B #7941B8 #986BCB #B898DB #D7C6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#986BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#986BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BCB

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BCB	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#507FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.146 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896db',
    500: '#986bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bcb;
$custom-light: #b896db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61427,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BCB

secondary

#CADBB7

accent

#BB2A77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BCB

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

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