#986BE5#986BE5

#986BE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.179 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BE5
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 53.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 43.42, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 70.68, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0843 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.179 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3460, 22.8476, 76.8194)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BE5 #B8E56B

analogous

#6B7BE5 #986BE5 #D56BE5

triadic

#986BE5 #E5986B #6BE598

tetradic

#986BE5 #E56B7B #B8E56B #6BE5D5

square

#986BE5 #E56B7B #B8E56B #6BE5D5

split-complementary

#986BE5 #E5D56B #7BE56B

monochromatic

#5720B6 #7437DC #986BE5 #BC9FEE #E0D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#986BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#986BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BE5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BE5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87839E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.179 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba96ee',
    500: '#986be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986be5;
$custom-light: #ba96ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.131,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62943,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BE5

secondary

#DBEAC2

accent

#D2138C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BE5

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

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