#985BC9#985BC9

#985BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.170 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BC9
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 45.36, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 65.91, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1035 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.17 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2305, 18.3749, 57.3592)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BC9 #8CC95B

analogous

#615BC9 #985BC9 #C95BC3

triadic

#985BC9 #C9985B #5BC998

tetradic

#985BC9 #C9615B #8CC95B #5BC3C9

square

#985BC9 #C9615B #8CC95B #5BC3C9

split-complementary

#985BC9 #C3C95B #5BC961

monochromatic

#592A80 #7A39AE #985BC9 #B589D8 #D2B7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#985BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#985BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BC9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BC9	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3774CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.170 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98cda',
    500: '#985bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bc9;
$custom-light: #b98cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58761,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BC9

secondary

#BDD6AA

accent

#DA4E8C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BC9

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

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