#9986BF#9986BF

#9986BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986BF
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 191)
HSL	hsl(260, 31%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 29.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 18.93, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 33.06, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.042 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.086 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0639, 27.5840, 52.9678)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986BF #ACBF86

analogous

#868FBF #9986BF #B586BF

triadic

#9986BF #BF9986 #86BF99

tetradic

#9986BF #BF868F #ACBF86 #86BFB5

square

#9986BF #BF868F #ACBF86 #86BFB5

split-complementary

#9986BF #BFB586 #8FBF86

monochromatic

#5B4685 #775EAA #9986BF #BBAED4 #DCD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9986BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#9986BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986BF

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986BF	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a9d2',
    500: '#9986bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986bf;
$custom-light: #b8a9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 30.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65831,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986BF

secondary

#D4DAC6

accent

#AA3C85

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#110F14

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986BF

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

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