#985AD5#985AD5

#985AD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.185 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985AD5
RGB	rgb(152, 90, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 48.71, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 72.65, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1051 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.185 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6127, 18.7920, 65.0577)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985AD5 #97D55A

analogous

#5B5AD5 #985AD5 #D55AD4

triadic

#985AD5 #D5985A #5AD598

tetradic

#985AD5 #D55B5A #97D55A #5AD4D5

square

#985AD5 #D55B5A #97D55A #5AD4D5

split-complementary

#985AD5 #D4D55A #5AD55B

monochromatic

#5B2590 #7931C1 #985AD5 #B68BE1 #D5BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#985AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#985AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985AD5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985AD5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2676D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4078D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 90, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.185 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8be2',
    500: '#985ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ad5;
$custom-light: #ba8be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.244,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59349,
    "c": 0.18496,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985AD5

secondary

#C5DDAD

accent

#E34593

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985AD5

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

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