#986EA3#986EA3

#986EA3 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.092 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EA3
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 163)
HSL	hsl(288, 22%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 26.25, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 34.27, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.0696 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.092 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1348, 20.4722, 37.2707)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EA3 #79A36E

analogous

#7D6EA3 #986EA3 #A36E93

triadic

#986EA3 #A3986E #6EA398

tetradic

#986EA3 #A37D6E #79A36E #6E93A3

square

#986EA3 #A37D6E #79A36E #6E93A3

split-complementary

#986EA3 #93A36E #6EA37D

monochromatic

#553A5C #785282 #986EA3 #B393BB #CDB9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#986EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#986EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EA3

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EA3	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.092 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798be',
    500: '#986ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ea3;
$custom-light: #b798be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.547,
    "s": 22.363,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59978,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EA3

secondary

#B0C2AB

accent

#BF697B

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EA3

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

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