#985BD3#985BD3

#985BD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.181 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BD3
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 47.71, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 71.03, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1038 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.181 305)
XYZ	xyz(28.4453, 18.8609, 63.7574)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BD3 #96D35B

analogous

#5C5BD3 #985BD3 #D35BD2

triadic

#985BD3 #D3985B #5BD398

tetradic

#985BD3 #D35C5B #96D35B #5BD2D3

square

#985BD3 #D35C5B #96D35B #5BD2D3

split-complementary

#985BD3 #D2D35B #5BD35C

monochromatic

#5B268E #7A33BE #985BD3 #B68BE0 #D5BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#985BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#985BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BD3

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BD3	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B77D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4378D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.181 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce1',
    500: '#985bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bd3;
$custom-light: #ba8ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5937,
    "c": 0.18118,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.18861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BD3

secondary

#C5DCAD

accent

#E14793

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BD3

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

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