#986EE3#986EE3

#986EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.172 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EE3
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 51.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 41.24, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 67.78, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0804 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.172 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3866, 23.3729, 75.4633)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EE3 #B9E36E

analogous

#6E7EE3 #986EE3 #D26EE3

triadic

#986EE3 #E3986E #6EE398

tetradic

#986EE3 #E36E7E #B9E36E #6EE3D2

square

#986EE3 #E36E7E #B9E36E #6EE3D2

split-complementary

#986EE3 #E3D26E #7EE36E

monochromatic

#5723B4 #743BD9 #986EE3 #BCA1ED #E1D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#986EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#986EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EE3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EE3	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4285E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.172 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ec',
    500: '#986ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ee3;
$custom-light: #ba98ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63306,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EE3

secondary

#DCEAC3

accent

#D0168D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EE3

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

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