#985BD4#985BD4

#985BD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.182 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BD4
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 47.94, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 71.54, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1039 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.182 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5711, 18.9112, 64.4196)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BD4 #97D45B

analogous

#5C5BD4 #985BD4 #D45BD4

triadic

#985BD4 #D4985B #5BD498

tetradic

#985BD4 #D45C5B #97D45B #5BD4D4

square

#985BD4 #D45C5B #97D45B #5BD4D4

split-complementary

#985BD4 #D4D45B #5BD45C

monochromatic

#5B268F #7932C0 #985BD4 #B68BE1 #D5BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#985BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#985BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BD4

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BD4	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A77D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4279D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E738F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.182 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce2',
    500: '#985bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bd4;
$custom-light: #ba8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.248,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59432,
    "c": 0.18233,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BD4

secondary

#C5DDAE

accent

#E24693

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BD4

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

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