#985BD5#985BD5

#985BD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.183 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BD5
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 48.18, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 72.05, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1039 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.183 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6976, 18.9618, 65.0860)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BD5 #98D55B

analogous

#5B5BD5 #985BD5 #D55BD5

triadic

#985BD5 #D5985B #5BD598

tetradic

#985BD5 #D55B5B #98D55B #5BD5D5

square

#985BD5 #D55B5B #98D55B #5BD5D5

split-complementary

#985BD5 #D5D55B #5BD55B

monochromatic

#5B2591 #7932C1 #985BD5 #B78CE1 #D5BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#985BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#985BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BD5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BD5	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2877D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4279D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D738F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.183 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce2',
    500: '#985bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bd5;
$custom-light: #ba8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59495,
    "c": 0.18348,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BD5

secondary

#C6DEAE

accent

#E24594

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BD5

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

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