#986DB8#986DB8

#986DB8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.119 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986DB8
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 184)
HSL	hsl(274, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 40.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 31.41, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 45.69, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0761 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.119 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0677, 21.0737, 47.9798)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986DB8 #8DB86D

analogous

#736DB8 #986DB8 #B86DB2

triadic

#986DB8 #B8986D #6DB898

tetradic

#986DB8 #B8736D #8DB86D #6DB2B8

square

#986DB8 #B8736D #8DB86D #6DB2B8

split-complementary

#986DB8 #B2B86D #6DB873

monochromatic

#5A3873 #7A4C9C #986DB8 #B596CC #D2BFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#986DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#986DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986DB8

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986DB8	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94788A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.119 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797cd',
    500: '#986db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986db8;
$custom-light: #b797cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.4,
    "s": 34.562,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60776,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986DB8

secondary

#BED0B1

accent

#CB5D8C

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #986DB8

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

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