#986EC6#986EC6

#986EC6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.135 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EC6
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 198)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 34.10, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 52.41, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.0771 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.135 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7157, 21.9046, 56.1303)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EC6 #9CC66E

analogous

#6E70C6 #986EC6 #C46EC6

triadic

#986EC6 #C6986E #6EC698

tetradic

#986EC6 #C66E70 #9CC66E #6EC6C4

square

#986EC6 #C66E70 #9CC66E #6EC6C4

split-complementary

#986EC6 #C6C46E #70C66E

monochromatic

#5B3485 #7946B1 #986EC6 #B79AD7 #D6C6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#986EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#986EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EC6

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EC6	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5780C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.135 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898d7',
    500: '#986ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ec6;
$custom-light: #b898d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 43.564,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61668,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EC6

secondary

#C9D9B7

accent

#B72F76

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110E14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EC6

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

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