#986CEF#986CEF

#986CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.190 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986CEF
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 54.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 45.42, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 75.32, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0834 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.19 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8875, 23.6319, 84.4206)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986CEF #C3EF6C

analogous

#6C81EF #986CEF #DA6CEF

triadic

#986CEF #EF986C #6CEF98

tetradic

#986CEF #EF6C81 #C3EF6C #6CEFDA

square

#986CEF #EF6C81 #C3EF6C #6CEFDA

split-complementary

#986CEF #EFDA6C #81EF6C

monochromatic

#5316CB #7135E9 #986CEF #BFA3F5 #E5DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#986CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#986CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986CEF

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986CEF	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F86F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8387A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.190 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb97f5',
    500: '#986cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986cef;
$custom-light: #bb97f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.153,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63725,
    "c": 0.18969,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986CEF

secondary

#E2EFC7

accent

#DD0996

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986CEF

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

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