#985AD8#985AD8

#985AD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.188 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985AD8
RGB	rgb(152, 90, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 58.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 49.42, -55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 74.18, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1051 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.188 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9970, 18.9457, 67.0817)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985AD8 #9AD85A

analogous

#5A5BD8 #985AD8 #D75AD8

triadic

#985AD8 #D8985A #5AD898

tetradic

#985AD8 #D85A5B #9AD85A #5AD8D7

square

#985AD8 #D85A5B #9AD85A #5AD8D7

split-complementary

#985AD8 #D8D75A #5BD85A

monochromatic

#5B2395 #792FC6 #985AD8 #B78BE4 #D6BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#985AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#985AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985AD8

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985AD8	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2077DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D78D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 90, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.188 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8be5',
    500: '#985ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ad8;
$custom-light: #ba8be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.524,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59539,
    "c": 0.1884,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985AD8

secondary

#C7DFAF

accent

#E54395

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #985AD8

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

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