#9986B2#9986B2

#9986B2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.068 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986B2
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 178)
HSL	hsl(266, 22%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 24.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 15.97, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 25.98, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0381 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.068 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6963, 27.0369, 45.7650)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986B2 #9FB286

analogous

#8689B2 #9986B2 #AF86B2

triadic

#9986B2 #B29986 #86B299

tetradic

#9986B2 #B28689 #9FB286 #86B2AF

square

#9986B2 #B28689 #9FB286 #86B2AF

split-complementary

#9986B2 #B2AF86 #89B286

monochromatic

#5C4A74 #7A6299 #9986B2 #B9ABCA #D8D1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9986B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9986B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986B2

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986B2	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.068 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a9c9',
    500: '#9986b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986b2;
$custom-light: #b7a9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65279,
    "c": 0.06769,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986B2

secondary

#CBD2C2

accent

#A14579

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986B2

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

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