#986BCD#986BCD

#986BCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.149 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BCD
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 47.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 37.48, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 58.03, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.0823 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.149 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2236, 21.5986, 60.3752)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BCD #A0CD6B

analogous

#6B6FCD #986BCD #C96BCD

triadic

#986BCD #CD986B #6BCD98

tetradic

#986BCD #CD6B6F #A0CD6B #6BCDC9

square

#986BCD #CD6B6F #A0CD6B #6BCDC9

split-complementary

#986BCD #CDC96B #6FCD6B

monochromatic

#5B308E #783FBB #986BCD #B899DC #D8C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#986BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#986BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BCD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BCD	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.149 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b896dd',
    500: '#986bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bcd;
$custom-light: #b896dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.551,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61538,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BCD

secondary

#CBDCB8

accent

#BD2979

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BCD

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

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