#986BDD#986BDD

#986BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BDD
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 41.40, -52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 66.48, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0838 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.169 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2546, 22.4110, 71.0717)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BDD #B0DD6B

analogous

#6B77DD #986BDD #D16BDD

triadic

#986BDD #DD986B #6BDD98

tetradic

#986BDD #DD6B77 #B0DD6B #6BDDD1

square

#986BDD #DD6B77 #B0DD6B #6BDDD1

split-complementary

#986BDD #DDD16B #77DD6B

monochromatic

#5926A7 #7539D2 #986BDD #BB9DE8 #DDCFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#986BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#986BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BDD

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BDD	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4282E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b996e8',
    500: '#986bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bdd;
$custom-light: #b996e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62459,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BDD

secondary

#D6E6BE

accent

#CA1B85

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BDD

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

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