#986DE8#986DE8

#986DE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.180 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986DE8
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 53%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 43.07, -56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 71.04, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0819 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.18 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9794, 23.4384, 79.1148)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986DE8 #BDE86D

analogous

#6D80E8 #986DE8 #D66DE8

triadic

#986DE8 #E8986D #6DE898

tetradic

#986DE8 #E86D80 #BDE86D #6DE8D6

square

#986DE8 #E86D80 #BDE86D #6DE8D6

split-complementary

#986DE8 #E8D66D #80E86D

monochromatic

#551EBD #7338E0 #986DE8 #BDA2F0 #E3D7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#986DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#986DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986DE8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986DE8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B85EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4784E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8686A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.180 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98f0',
    500: '#986de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986de8;
$custom-light: #ba98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.976,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63447,
    "c": 0.1796,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986DE8

secondary

#DEECC5

accent

#D51190

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986DE8

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

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