#986fea

Color #986fea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#986fea

RGB

rgb(152, 111, 234)

HSL

hsl(260, 74.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 52.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(35%, 52.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(56.07, 42.47, -56.73)

LCH

lch(56.07, 70.87, 306.82)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.1791, 296.35)

HWB

hwb(260, 43.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1ea6f

Analogous

#6f83ea

#986fea

#d56fea

Triadic

#986fea

#ea986f

#6fea98

Split-complementary

#986fea

#ead56f

#83ea6f

Tetradic

#986fea

#ea6fc1

#c1ea6f

#6fea98

Square

#986fea

#ea6f83

#c1ea6f

#6fead5

Shades

Color #986fea mixed toward black.

#743de3

#561dc9

#411696

#2b0f64

#160732

Tints

Color #986fea mixed toward white.

#a987ed

#ba9ff1

#cbb7f4

#ddcff8

#eee7fb

Tones

Color #986fea mixed toward gray.

#9b79e0

#9f83d5

#a28ecb

#a698c1

#a9a2b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888d5 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#8a8dcf · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#96c1bd · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #986fea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#986fea]

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

#986fea (#986fea) is rgb(152, 111, 234) in RGB.

No, #986fea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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