#985BD1#985BD1

#985BD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.179 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BD1
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 56.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 47.23, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 70.01, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1038 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.179 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1961, 18.7612, 62.4451)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BD1 #94D15B

analogous

#5D5BD1 #985BD1 #D15BCF

triadic

#985BD1 #D1985B #5BD198

tetradic

#985BD1 #D15D5B #94D15B #5BCFD1

square

#985BD1 #D15D5B #94D15B #5BCFD1

split-complementary

#985BD1 #CFD15B #5BD15D

monochromatic

#5A278B #7A34BA #985BD1 #B68BDE #D4BBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#985BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#985BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BD1

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BD1	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E76D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4578CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E728D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.179 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce0',
    500: '#985bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bd1;
$custom-light: #ba8ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.017,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59246,
    "c": 0.17887,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BD1

secondary

#C3DBAD

accent

#DF4891

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BD1

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

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