#9986C4#9986C4

#9986C4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.093 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986C4
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 196)
HSL	hsl(258, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 20.11, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 35.80, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0433 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.093 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6235, 27.8078, 55.9153)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986C4 #B1C486

analogous

#8692C4 #9986C4 #B886C4

triadic

#9986C4 #C49986 #86C499

tetradic

#9986C4 #C48692 #B1C486 #86C4B8

square

#9986C4 #C48692 #B1C486 #86C4B8

split-complementary

#9986C4 #C4B886 #92C486

monochromatic

#5A448C #765DB0 #9986C4 #BCAFD8 #DED8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#9986C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#9986C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986C4

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986C4	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7890C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.093 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a9d6',
    500: '#9986c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986c4;
$custom-light: #b8a9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.387,
    "s": 34.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66055,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986C4

secondary

#D7DEC8

accent

#AD3889

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986C4

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

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