#986BD5#986BD5

#986BD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.159 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BD5
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 39.42, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 62.26, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.0831 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.159 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2141, 21.9948, 65.5915)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BD5 #A8D56B

analogous

#6B73D5 #986BD5 #CD6BD5

triadic

#986BD5 #D5986B #6BD598

tetradic

#986BD5 #D56B73 #A8D56B #6BD5CD

square

#986BD5 #D56B73 #A8D56B #6BD5CD

split-complementary

#986BD5 #D5CD6B #73D56B

monochromatic

#5A2C9A #773BC7 #986BD5 #B99BE3 #DACAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#986BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#986BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BD5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BD5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4980D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.159 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996e2',
    500: '#986bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bd5;
$custom-light: #b996e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61991,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BD5

secondary

#D1E1BB

accent

#C3227F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BD5

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

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