#986BD9#986BD9

#986BD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.164 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BD9
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 40.41, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 64.37, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0835 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.164 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7281, 22.2004, 68.2984)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BD9 #ACD96B

analogous

#6B75D9 #986BD9 #CF6BD9

triadic

#986BD9 #D9986B #6BD998

tetradic

#986BD9 #D96B75 #ACD96B #6BD9CF

square

#986BD9 #D96B75 #ACD96B #6BD9CF

split-complementary

#986BD9 #D9CF6B #75D96B

monochromatic

#5A29A0 #763ACC #986BD9 #BA9CE6 #DCCCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#986BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#986BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BD9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BD9	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4681DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.164 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996e5',
    500: '#986bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bd9;
$custom-light: #b996e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62223,
    "c": 0.16396,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BD9

secondary

#D3E3BC

accent

#C71F82

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BD9

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

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