#986EDD#986EDD

#986EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.164 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EDD
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(263, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 50.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 39.72, -50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 64.61, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0799 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.164 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5728, 23.0475, 71.1778)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EDD #B3DD6E

analogous

#6E7BDD #986EDD #D06EDD

triadic

#986EDD #DD986E #6EDD98

tetradic

#986EDD #DD6E7B #B3DD6E #6EDDD0

square

#986EDD #DD6E7B #B3DD6E #6EDDD0

split-complementary

#986EDD #DDD06E #7BDD6E

monochromatic

#5928A9 #753CD1 #986EDD #BBA0E9 #DED1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#986EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#986EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EDD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EDD	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4784E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.164 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b998e8',
    500: '#986edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986edd;
$custom-light: #b998e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.703,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EDD

secondary

#D8E6C0

accent

#CA1C88

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EDD

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

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