#986EC9#986EC9

#986EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.139 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EC9
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, 34.82, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 54.00, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0776 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.139 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0652, 22.0444, 57.9708)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EC9 #9FC96E

analogous

#6E71C9 #986EC9 #C56EC9

triadic

#986EC9 #C9986E #6EC998

tetradic

#986EC9 #C96E71 #9FC96E #6EC9C5

square

#986EC9 #C96E71 #9FC96E #6EC9C5

split-complementary

#986EC9 #C9C56E #71C96E

monochromatic

#5B3389 #7944B6 #986EC9 #B89BDA #D7C7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#986EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#986EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EC9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EC9	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5680CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.139 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b898da',
    500: '#986ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ec9;
$custom-light: #b898da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61827,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EC9

secondary

#CBDBB8

accent

#B92D78

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EC9

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

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