#986DE3#986DE3

#986DE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.173 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986DE3
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 41.80, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 68.40, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0816 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.173 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2793, 23.1584, 75.4275)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986DE3 #B8E36D

analogous

#6D7DE3 #986DE3 #D36DE3

triadic

#986DE3 #E3986D #6DE398

tetradic

#986DE3 #E36D7D #B8E36D #6DE3D3

square

#986DE3 #E36D7D #B8E36D #6DE3D3

split-complementary

#986DE3 #E3D36D #7DE36D

monochromatic

#5722B3 #743AD9 #986DE3 #BCA0ED #E0D4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#986DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#986DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986DE3

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986DE3	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4084E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.173 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ec',
    500: '#986de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986de3;
$custom-light: #ba98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.17337,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986DE3

secondary

#DBE9C2

accent

#D0168C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986DE3

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

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