#986BEE#986BEE

#986BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.190 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986BEE
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 45.71, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 75.40, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0846 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.19 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6353, 23.3633, 83.6098)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986BEE #C1EE6B

analogous

#6B7FEE #986BEE #DA6BEE

triadic

#986BEE #EE986B #6BEE98

tetradic

#986BEE #EE6B7F #C1EE6B #6BEEDA

square

#986BEE #EE6B7F #C1EE6B #6BEEDA

split-complementary

#986BEE #EEDA6B #7FEE6B

monochromatic

#5417C8 #7234E8 #986BEE #BEA2F4 #E4D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#986BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#986BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986BEE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986BEE	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8486A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.190 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f4',
    500: '#986bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986bee;
$custom-light: #bb97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.611,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63504,
    "c": 0.1899,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986BEE

secondary

#E1EFC6

accent

#DC0A94

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986BEE

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

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