#986EE6#986EE6

#986EE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.176 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EE6
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 52.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 42.00, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 69.37, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0806 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.176 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8042, 23.5400, 77.6629)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EE6 #BCE66E

analogous

#6E80E6 #986EE6 #D46EE6

triadic

#986EE6 #E6986E #6EE698

tetradic

#986EE6 #E66E80 #BCE66E #6EE6D4

square

#986EE6 #E66E80 #BCE66E #6EE6D4

split-complementary

#986EE6 #E6D46E #80E66E

monochromatic

#5620BA #733ADD #986EE6 #BDA2EF #E2D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#986EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#986EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EE6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EE6	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F86EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8786A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.176 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba99ee',
    500: '#986ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ee6;
$custom-light: #ba99ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63487,
    "c": 0.17562,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EE6

secondary

#DEEBC5

accent

#D31390

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EE6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →