#9986C8#9986C8

#9986C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.098 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986C8
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 33%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 21.07, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 37.99, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0444 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.098 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0849, 27.9924, 58.3451)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986C8 #B5C886

analogous

#8694C8 #9986C8 #BA86C8

triadic

#9986C8 #C89986 #86C899

tetradic

#9986C8 #C88694 #B5C886 #86C8BA

square

#9986C8 #C88694 #B5C886 #86C8BA

split-complementary

#9986C8 #C8BA86 #94C886

monochromatic

#594291 #765CB5 #9986C8 #BCB0DB #E0DAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9986C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#9986C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986C8

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986C8	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7691CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.098 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a9d9',
    500: '#9986c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986c8;
$custom-light: #b8a9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.273,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66238,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986C8

secondary

#DAE0CA

accent

#B0358D

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FA

border

#D0CED3

text

#111014

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986C8

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

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