#986BE3#986BE3

#986BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.176 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BE3
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 52.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 42.91, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 69.63, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0842 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.176 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0683, 22.7365, 75.3572)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BE3 #B6E36B

analogous

#6B7AE3 #986BE3 #D46BE3

triadic

#986BE3 #E3986B #6BE398

tetradic

#986BE3 #E36B7A #B6E36B #6BE3D4

square

#986BE3 #E36B7A #B6E36B #6BE3D4

split-complementary

#986BE3 #E3D46B #7AE36B

monochromatic

#5822B2 #7438D9 #986BE3 #BC9EED #E0D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#986BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#986BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BE3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BE3	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C83E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.176 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96ec',
    500: '#986be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986be3;
$custom-light: #ba96ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6282,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BE3

secondary

#DAE9C1

accent

#D0158A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BE3

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

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