#985C8F#985C8F

#985C8F is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.104 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985C8F
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 143)
HSL	hsl(309, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 5.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 32.55, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 37.13, 331.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.0926 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.104 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7338, 16.3140, 27.9854)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985C8F #5C9865

analogous

#835C98 #985C8F #985C71

triadic

#985C8F #8F985C #5C8F98

tetradic

#985C8F #98835C #5C9865 #5C7198

square

#985C8F #98835C #5C9865 #5C7198

split-complementary

#985C8F #71985C #5C9883

monochromatic

#4C2E47 #72456B #985C8F #B27FAA #C9A6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#985C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#985C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985C8F

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985C8F	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.104 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b78bb0',
    500: '#985c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985c8f;
$custom-light: #b78bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 24.59,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55945,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985C8F

secondary

#99B79D

accent

#C17467

background

#FBF8FA

surface

#F6F0F4

border

#D0CBCE

text

#110C10

muted

#807D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #985C8F

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

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