#986EE4#986EE4

#986EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.173 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EE4
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 51.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 41.49, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 68.31, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0804 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.173 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5250, 23.4283, 76.1923)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EE4 #BAE46E

analogous

#6E7FE4 #986EE4 #D36EE4

triadic

#986EE4 #E4986E #6EE498

tetradic

#986EE4 #E46E7F #BAE46E #6EE4D3

square

#986EE4 #E46E7F #BAE46E #6EE4D3

split-complementary

#986EE4 #E4D36E #7FE46E

monochromatic

#5622B6 #733ADA #986EE4 #BDA2EE #E1D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#986EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#986EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EE4

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EE4	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4185E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.173 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba98ed',
    500: '#986ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ee4;
$custom-light: #ba98ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63366,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EE4

secondary

#DCEAC4

accent

#D1158E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EE4

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

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