#986CD8#986CD8

#986CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.161 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986CD8
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(264, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 39.60, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 63.21, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.0821 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.161 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7032, 22.3582, 67.6505)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986CD8 #ACD86C

analogous

#6C76D8 #986CD8 #CE6CD8

triadic

#986CD8 #D8986C #6CD898

tetradic

#986CD8 #D86C76 #ACD86C #6CD8CE

square

#986CD8 #D86C76 #ACD86C #6CD8CE

split-complementary

#986CD8 #D8CE6C #76D86C

monochromatic

#5A2A9F #763CCB #986CD8 #BA9CE5 #DCCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#986CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#986CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986CD8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986CD8	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4882DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.161 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b997e4',
    500: '#986cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986cd8;
$custom-light: #b997e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62329,
    "c": 0.16116,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986CD8

secondary

#D3E3BD

accent

#C62082

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986CD8

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

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