#985BE8#985BE8

#985BE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.205 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BE8
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 52.78, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 81.76, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1035 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.205 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2519, 19.9835, 78.5390)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BE8 #ABE85B

analogous

#5B64E8 #985BE8 #DE5BE8

triadic

#985BE8 #E8985B #5BE898

tetradic

#985BE8 #E85B64 #ABE85B #5BE8DE

square

#985BE8 #E85B64 #ABE85B #5BE8DE

split-complementary

#985BE8 #E8DE5B #64E85B

monochromatic

#5A19B0 #7625E0 #985BE8 #BA91F0 #DBC6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#985BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#985BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BE8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BE8	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.205 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8cf0',
    500: '#985be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985be8;
$custom-light: #bb8cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.957,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6073,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BE8

secondary

#D3E9B6

accent

#D80E80

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BE8

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

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