#986EE2#986EE2

#986EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EE2
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 51.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 40.98, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 67.25, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0803 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.171 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2489, 23.3179, 74.7385)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EE2 #B8E26E

analogous

#6E7EE2 #986EE2 #D26EE2

triadic

#986EE2 #E2986E #6EE298

tetradic

#986EE2 #E26E7E #B8E26E #6EE2D2

square

#986EE2 #E26E7E #B8E26E #6EE2D2

split-complementary

#986EE2 #E2D26E #7EE26E

monochromatic

#5724B2 #743BD8 #986EE2 #BCA1EC #E0D4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#986EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#986EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EE2

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EE2	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4385E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ec',
    500: '#986ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ee2;
$custom-light: #ba98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.724,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63246,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EE2

secondary

#DBE9C3

accent

#CF178C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EE2

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

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