#986CEB#986CEB

#986CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.185 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986CEB
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 54%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 44.39, -58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 73.22, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0833 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.185 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3031, 23.3982, 81.3429)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986CEB #BFEB6C

analogous

#6C80EB #986CEB #D76CEB

triadic

#986CEB #EB986C #6CEB98

tetradic

#986CEB #EB6C80 #BFEB6C #6CEBD7

square

#986CEB #EB6C80 #BFEB6C #6CEBD7

split-complementary

#986CEB #EBD76C #80EB6C

monochromatic

#551AC2 #7236E4 #986CEB #BEA2F2 #E3D8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#986CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#986CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986CEB

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986CEB	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3585EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4283E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8586A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.185 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba97f2',
    500: '#986ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ceb;
$custom-light: #ba97f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.787,
    "s": 76.048,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63473,
    "c": 0.18477,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986CEB

secondary

#E0EDC5

accent

#D80D92

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986CEB

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

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