#985BEE#985BEE

#985BEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.212 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985BEE
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 54.26, -65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 84.81, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1032 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.212 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1188, 20.3303, 83.1043)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985BEE #B1EE5B

analogous

#5B68EE #985BEE #E15BEE

triadic

#985BEE #EE985B #5BEE98

tetradic

#985BEE #EE5B68 #B1EE5B #5BEEE1

square

#985BEE #EE5B68 #B1EE5B #5BEEE1

split-complementary

#985BEE #EEE15B #68EE5B

monochromatic

#5913BB #7524E8 #985BEE #BB92F4 #DECAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#985BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#985BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985BEE

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985BEE	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A7BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.212 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8cf4',
    500: '#985bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985bee;
$custom-light: #bc8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.898,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61137,
    "c": 0.21211,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985BEE

secondary

#D7ECB9

accent

#DE0885

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #985BEE

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

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