#986EF5#986EF5

#986EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.194 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EF5
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 245)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 55.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 45.87, -62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 77.25, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0811 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.194 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0019, 24.4191, 89.2377)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EF5 #CBF56E

analogous

#6E87F5 #986EF5 #DC6EF5

triadic

#986EF5 #F5986E #6EF598

tetradic

#986EF5 #F56E87 #CBF56E #6EF5DC

square

#986EF5 #F56E87 #CBF56E #6EF5DC

split-complementary

#986EF5 #F5DC6E #87F56E

monochromatic

#4E0FDA #6F35F1 #986EF5 #C1A7F9 #E9E1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#986EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#986EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EF5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EF5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C89FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3985F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.194 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99f9',
    500: '#986ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ef5;
$custom-light: #bb99f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64421,
    "c": 0.19421,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EF5

secondary

#E7F3CC

accent

#E4029D

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EF5

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

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