#9986BB#9986BB

#9986BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.080 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986BB
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 187)
HSL	hsl(262, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 18.00, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 30.87, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0408 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.08 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6297, 27.4103, 50.6811)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986BB #A8BB86

analogous

#868EBB #9986BB #B386BB

triadic

#9986BB #BB9986 #86BB99

tetradic

#9986BB #BB868E #A8BB86 #86BBB3

square

#9986BB #BB868E #A8BB86 #86BBB3

split-complementary

#9986BB #BBB386 #8EBB86

monochromatic

#5B477F #785FA5 #9986BB #BAADD1 #DBD4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9986BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#9986BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986BB

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986BB	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.080 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a9cf',
    500: '#9986bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986bb;
$custom-light: #b7a9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986BB

secondary

#D1D8C5

accent

#A73F81

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#110F14

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986BB

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

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