#986EAE#986EAE

#986EAE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.105 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EAE
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 174)
HSL	hsl(279, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 36.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 28.61, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 39.84, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0724 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.105 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1636, 20.8837, 42.6889)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EAE #84AE6E

analogous

#786EAE #986EAE #AE6EA4

triadic

#986EAE #AE986E #6EAE98

tetradic

#986EAE #AE786E #84AE6E #6EA4AE

square

#986EAE #AE786E #84AE6E #6EA4AE

split-complementary

#986EAE #A4AE6E #6EAE78

monochromatic

#583A68 #79508F #986EAE #B495C4 #D0BDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#986EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#986EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EAE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EAE	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.105 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b798c6',
    500: '#986eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986eae;
$custom-light: #b798c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60474,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EAE

secondary

#B8C9AF

accent

#C56385

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EAE

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

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