#986BDE#986BDE

#986BDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.170 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BDE
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 41.65, -52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 67.00, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0839 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.17 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3883, 22.4645, 71.7755)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BDE #B1DE6B

analogous

#6B78DE #986BDE #D16BDE

triadic

#986BDE #DE986B #6BDE98

tetradic

#986BDE #DE6B78 #B1DE6B #6BDED1

square

#986BDE #DE6B78 #B1DE6B #6BDED1

split-complementary

#986BDE #DED16B #78DE6B

monochromatic

#5926A9 #7539D3 #986BDE #BB9DE9 #DECFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#986BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#986BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BDE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BDE	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4182E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.170 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96e9',
    500: '#986bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bde;
$custom-light: #ba96e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62519,
    "c": 0.17018,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BDE

secondary

#D7E6BF

accent

#CB1A86

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BDE

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

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