#986EF8#986EF8

#986EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.198 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986EF8
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 248)
HSL	hsl(258, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 55.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 46.65, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 78.82, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0812 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.198 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4636, 24.6038, 91.6693)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986EF8 #CEF86E

analogous

#6E89F8 #986EF8 #DD6EF8

triadic

#986EF8 #F8986E #6EF898

tetradic

#986EF8 #F86E89 #CEF86E #6EF8DD

square

#986EF8 #F86E89 #CEF86E #6EF8DD

split-complementary

#986EF8 #F8DD6E #89F86E

monochromatic

#4C0BE1 #6F34F5 #986EF8 #C1A8FB #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#986EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#986EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986EF8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986EF8	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2689FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3586F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.198 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb99fb',
    500: '#986ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986ef8;
$custom-light: #bb99fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 90.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64614,
    "c": 0.19789,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986EF8

secondary

#E8F4CE

accent

#E600A0

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #986EF8

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

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