#985AD3#985AD3

#985AD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.183 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985AD3
RGB	rgb(152, 90, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 57.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 48.24, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 71.62, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1051 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.183 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3604, 18.6910, 63.7290)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985AD3 #95D35A

analogous

#5C5AD3 #985AD3 #D35AD2

triadic

#985AD3 #D3985A #5AD398

tetradic

#985AD3 #D35C5A #95D35A #5AD2D3

square

#985AD3 #D35C5A #95D35A #5AD2D3

split-complementary

#985AD3 #D2D35A #5AD35C

monochromatic

#5B268D #7A32BD #985AD3 #B68AE0 #D4BBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#985AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#985AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985AD3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985AD3	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2976D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4278D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 90, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.183 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8be1',
    500: '#985ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ad3;
$custom-light: #ba8be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.744,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59223,
    "c": 0.18267,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985AD3

secondary

#C4DCAD

accent

#E14792

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985AD3

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

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