#986DEE#986DEE

#986DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.187 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986DEE
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 54.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 44.61, -59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 74.19, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0821 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.187 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8462, 23.7851, 83.6801)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986DEE #C3EE6D

analogous

#6D82EE #986DEE #D86DEE

triadic

#986DEE #EE986D #6DEE98

tetradic

#986DEE #EE6D82 #C3EE6D #6DEED8

square

#986DEE #EE6D82 #C3EE6D #6DEED8

split-complementary

#986DEE #EED86D #82EE6D

monochromatic

#5317C9 #7136E8 #986DEE #BFA4F4 #E5DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#986DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#986DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986DEE

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986DEE	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3387F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8487A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.187 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb98f4',
    500: '#986dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986dee;
$custom-light: #bb98f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6382,
    "c": 0.18701,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986DEE

secondary

#E2EFC8

accent

#DB0A96

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986DEE

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

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