#986EA5#986EA5

#986EA5 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EA5
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(286, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 33%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 26.67, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 35.26, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.0701 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.094 318)
XYZ	xyz(25.3154, 20.5445, 38.2219)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EA5 #7BA56E

analogous

#7D6EA5 #986EA5 #A56E97

triadic

#986EA5 #A5986E #6EA598

tetradic

#986EA5 #A57D6E #7BA56E #6E97A5

square

#986EA5 #A57D6E #7BA56E #6E97A5

split-complementary

#986EA5 #97A56E #6EA57D

monochromatic

#563A5E #785284 #986EA5 #B394BC #CEBAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#986EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#986EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EA5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EA5	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798c0',
    500: '#986ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ea5;
$custom-light: #b798c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.818,
    "s": 23.404,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60066,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.20544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EA5

secondary

#B1C3AC

accent

#C0687D

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EA5

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

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