#985AD6#985AD6

#985AD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.186 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985AD6
RGB	rgb(152, 90, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 57.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 48.95, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 73.16, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1051 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.186 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7400, 18.8429, 65.7283)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985AD6 #98D65A

analogous

#5A5AD6 #985AD6 #D65AD6

triadic

#985AD6 #D6985A #5AD698

tetradic

#985AD6 #D65A5A #98D65A #5AD6D6

square

#985AD6 #D65A5A #98D65A #5AD6D6

split-complementary

#985AD6 #D6D65A #5AD65A

monochromatic

#5B2491 #7930C2 #985AD6 #B78BE2 #D5BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#985AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#985AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985AD6

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985AD6	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2477DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F78D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 90, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.186 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8be3',
    500: '#985ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ad6;
$custom-light: #ba8be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59412,
    "c": 0.18611,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985AD6

secondary

#C6DEAE

accent

#E34494

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C15

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #985AD6

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

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