#986EF6#986EF6

#986EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.195 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EF6
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 55.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 46.13, -62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 77.77, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.0811 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.195 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1550, 24.4803, 90.0439)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EF6 #CCF66E

analogous

#6E88F6 #986EF6 #DC6EF6

triadic

#986EF6 #F6986E #6EF698

tetradic

#986EF6 #F66E88 #CCF66E #6EF6DC

square

#986EF6 #F66E88 #CCF66E #6EF6DC

split-complementary

#986EF6 #F6DC6E #88F66E

monochromatic

#4D0EDC #6F34F2 #986EF6 #C1A8FA #EAE1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#986EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#986EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EF6

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EF6	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A89FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3886F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.195 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99fa',
    500: '#986ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ef6;
$custom-light: #bb99fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 88.312,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64485,
    "c": 0.19544,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EF6

secondary

#E7F3CD

accent

#E5019E

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EF6

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

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