#986CD3#986CD3

#986CD3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.155 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986CD3
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 38.37, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 60.57, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0816 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.155 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0667, 22.1036, 64.2978)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986CD3 #A7D36C

analogous

#6C73D3 #986CD3 #CC6CD3

triadic

#986CD3 #D3986C #6CD398

tetradic

#986CD3 #D36C73 #A7D36C #6CD3CC

square

#986CD3 #D36C73 #A7D36C #6CD3CC

split-complementary

#986CD3 #D3CC6C #73D36C

monochromatic

#5B2D97 #773DC5 #986CD3 #B99BE1 #DACAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#986CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#986CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986CD3

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986CD3	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C81D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.155 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997e1',
    500: '#986cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986cd3;
$custom-light: #b997e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.631,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62042,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986CD3

secondary

#D0E0BB

accent

#C1247E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986CD3

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

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