#985BC8#985BC8

#985BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.168 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BC8
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 45.13, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 65.40, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1034 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.168 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1132, 18.3280, 56.7417)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BC8 #8BC85B

analogous

#625BC8 #985BC8 #C85BC2

triadic

#985BC8 #C8985B #5BC898

tetradic

#985BC8 #C8625B #8BC85B #5BC2C8

square

#985BC8 #C8625B #8BC85B #5BC2C8

split-complementary

#985BC8 #C2C85B #5BC862

monochromatic

#592A7E #7A3AAC #985BC8 #B589D7 #D2B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#985BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#985BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BC8

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BC8	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3874CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.168 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98cd9',
    500: '#985bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bc8;
$custom-light: #b98cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.578,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58701,
    "c": 0.16848,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BC8

secondary

#BDD6A9

accent

#D94F8C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BC8

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

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