#986af2

Color #986af2

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 7.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#986af2

RGB

rgb(152, 106, 242)

HSL

hsl(260.3, 84%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.3, 56.2%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.2%, 56.2%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(55.48, 47.29, -62.14)

LCH

lch(55.48, 78.09, 307.27)

OKLCH

oklch(63.6%, 0.1962, 295.94)

HWB

hwb(260.3, 41.6%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4f26a

Analogous

#6a80f2

#986af2

#dc6af2

Triadic

#986af2

#f2986a

#6af298

Split-complementary

#986af2

#f2dc6a

#80f26a

Tetradic

#986af2

#f26ac4

#c4f26a

#6af298

Square

#986af2

#f26a80

#c4f26a

#6af2dc

Shades

Color #986af2 mixed toward black.

#7334ed

#5413d5

#3f0ea0

#2a096b

#150535

Tints

Color #986af2 mixed toward white.

#a983f4

#ba9cf6

#cbb4f9

#ddcdfb

#eee6fd

Tones

Color #986af2 mixed toward gray.

#9c75e7

#9f80db

#a38cd0

#a797c5

#aaa3b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8786db · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#898cd5 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#96c6c1 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #986af2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#986af2]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#986af2 (#986af2) is rgb(152, 106, 242) in RGB.

No, #986af2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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