#985BCD#985BCD

#985BCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.174 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BCD
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 55.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 46.29, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 67.96, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1037 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.174 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7071, 18.5656, 59.8697)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BCD #90CD5B

analogous

#5F5BCD #985BCD #CD5BC9

triadic

#985BCD #CD985B #5BCD98

tetradic

#985BCD #CD5F5B #90CD5B #5BC9CD

square

#985BCD #CD5F5B #90CD5B #5BC9CD

split-complementary

#985BCD #C9CD5B #5BCD5F

monochromatic

#5A2985 #7A37B4 #985BCD #B58ADB #D3B9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#985BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#985BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BCD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BCD	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.174 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98cdd',
    500: '#985bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bcd;
$custom-light: #b98cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.105,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59002,
    "c": 0.17425,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BCD

secondary

#C0D9AB

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BCD

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

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