#985BD8#985BD8

#985BD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.187 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BD8
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 57.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 48.90, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 73.59, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1039 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.187 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0819, 19.1155, 67.1100)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BD8 #9BD85B

analogous

#5B5DD8 #985BD8 #D65BD8

triadic

#985BD8 #D8985B #5BD898

tetradic

#985BD8 #D85B5D #9BD85B #5BD8D6

square

#985BD8 #D85B5D #9BD85B #5BD8D6

split-complementary

#985BD8 #D8D65B #5DD85B

monochromatic

#5B2395 #792FC7 #985BD8 #B78CE4 #D6BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#985BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#985BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BD8

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BD8	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2478DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E79D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.187 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce5',
    500: '#985bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bd8;
$custom-light: #ba8ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.28,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59684,
    "c": 0.18694,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BD8

secondary

#C8DFAF

accent

#C91C75

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BD8

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

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