#9986CB#9986CB

#9986CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.102 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9986CB
RGB	rgb(153, 134, 203)
HSL	hsl(257, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 34%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 21.79, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 39.64, 303.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0451 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.102 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4390, 28.1340, 60.2097)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9986CB #B8CB86

analogous

#8695CB #9986CB #BB86CB

triadic

#9986CB #CB9986 #86CB99

tetradic

#9986CB #CB8695 #B8CB86 #86CBBB

square

#9986CB #CB8695 #B8CB86 #86CBBB

split-complementary

#9986CB #CBBB86 #95CB86

monochromatic

#584196 #755BB9 #9986CB #BDB1DD #E1DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9986CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#9986CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9986CB

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9986CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9986CB	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9986cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 134, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.102 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a9db',
    500: '#9986cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9986cb;
$custom-light: #b8a9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9986cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 39.884,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66377,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9986CB

secondary

#DBE2CB

accent

#B33390

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F6F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#111015

muted

#807F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9986CB

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

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