#986CBF#986CBF

#986CBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.130 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986CBF
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 191)
HSL	hsl(272, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 43.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 33.59, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 50.01, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0788 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.13 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7136, 21.1624, 51.9049)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986CBF #93BF6C

analogous

#6E6CBF #986CBF #BF6CBC

triadic

#986CBF #BF986C #6CBF98

tetradic

#986CBF #BF6E6C #93BF6C #6CBCBF

square

#986CBF #BF6E6C #93BF6C #6CBCBF

split-complementary

#986CBF #BCBF6C #6CBF6E

monochromatic

#5A367B #7A48A6 #986CBF #B697D2 #D4C1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#986CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#986CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986CBF

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986CBF	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92798C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.130 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897d2',
    500: '#986cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986cbf;
$custom-light: #b897d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.807,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.1298,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986CBF

secondary

#C2D4B3

accent

#CF5990

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #986CBF

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

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