#986CC8#986CC8

#986CC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.141 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986CC8
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 46%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 35.71, -41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 54.76, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.0802 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.141 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7346, 21.5708, 57.2822)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986CC8 #9CC86C

analogous

#6C6EC8 #986CC8 #C66CC8

triadic

#986CC8 #C8986C #6CC898

tetradic

#986CC8 #C86C6E #9CC86C #6CC8C6

square

#986CC8 #C86C6E #9CC86C #6CC8C6

split-complementary

#986CC8 #C8C66C #6EC86C

monochromatic

#5B3387 #7943B4 #986CC8 #B799D9 #D6C5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#986CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#986CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986CC8

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986CC8	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.141 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b897d9',
    500: '#986cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986cc8;
$custom-light: #b897d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 45.545,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61432,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986CC8

secondary

#C9D9B6

accent

#B92D76

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986CC8

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

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