#985BD9#985BD9

#985BD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.188 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BD9
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 49.14, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 74.10, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1039 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.188 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2115, 19.1674, 67.7929)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BD9 #9CD95B

analogous

#5B5DD9 #985BD9 #D75BD9

triadic

#985BD9 #D9985B #5BD998

tetradic

#985BD9 #D95B5D #9CD95B #5BD9D7

square

#985BD9 #D95B5D #9CD95B #5BD9D7

split-complementary

#985BD9 #D9D75B #5DD95B

monochromatic

#5B2397 #792EC8 #985BD9 #B78DE5 #D6BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#985BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#985BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BD9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BD9	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2278DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D79D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.188 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce5',
    500: '#985bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bd9;
$custom-light: #ba8ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.048,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59748,
    "c": 0.18809,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BD9

secondary

#C9E0B0

accent

#CA1B76

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BD9

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

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