#9986BC#9986BC

#9986BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.081 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986BC
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 188)
HSL	hsl(261, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 18.23, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 31.42, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0411 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.081 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7372, 27.4533, 51.2469)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986BC #A9BC86

analogous

#868EBC #9986BC #B486BC

triadic

#9986BC #BC9986 #86BC99

tetradic

#9986BC #BC868E #A9BC86 #86BCB4

square

#9986BC #BC868E #A9BC86 #86BCB4

split-complementary

#9986BC #BCB486 #8EBC86

monochromatic

#5B4780 #785FA6 #9986BC #BAADD2 #DBD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9986BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#9986BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986BC

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986BC	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.081 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a9d0',
    500: '#9986bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986bc;
$custom-light: #b7a9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.657,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986BC

secondary

#D2D9C5

accent

#A73E82

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#110F14

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986BC

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

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