#9986BD#9986BD

#9986BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.083 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986BD
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 29.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 18.47, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 31.97, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0414 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.083 300)
XYZ	xyz(30.8453, 27.4965, 51.8166)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986BD #AABD86

analogous

#868EBD #9986BD #B486BD

triadic

#9986BD #BD9986 #86BD99

tetradic

#9986BD #BD868E #AABD86 #86BDB4

square

#9986BD #BD868E #AABD86 #86BDB4

split-complementary

#9986BD #BDB486 #8EBD86

monochromatic

#5B4782 #785EA7 #9986BD #BAAED3 #DCD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#9986BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#9986BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986BD

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986BD	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.083 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a9d1',
    500: '#9986bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986bd;
$custom-light: #b7a9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65743,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.27497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986BD

secondary

#D2D9C6

accent

#A83D83

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#110F14

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986BD

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

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