#986CE9#986CE9

#986CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.182 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986CE9
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 53.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 43.88, -57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 72.17, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0832 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.182 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0158, 23.2833, 79.8297)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986CE9 #BDE96C

analogous

#6C7FE9 #986CE9 #D76CE9

triadic

#986CE9 #E9986C #6CE998

tetradic

#986CE9 #E96C7F #BDE96C #6CE9D7

square

#986CE9 #E96C7F #BDE96C #6CE9D7

split-complementary

#986CE9 #E9D76C #7FE96C

monochromatic

#551CBE #7337E1 #986CE9 #BDA1F1 #E3D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#986CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#986CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986CE9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986CE9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3785ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8685A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.182 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97f1',
    500: '#986ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ce9;
$custom-light: #ba97f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.12,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.1823,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986CE9

secondary

#DEECC4

accent

#D60F90

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986CE9

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

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