#985CA5#985CA5

#985CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.127 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985CA5
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(289, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 44.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 36.88, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 47.21, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.0978 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.127 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5667, 17.0471, 37.6390)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985CA5 #69A55C

analogous

#735CA5 #985CA5 #A55C8D

triadic

#985CA5 #A5985C #5CA598

tetradic

#985CA5 #A5735C #69A55C #5C8DA5

square

#985CA5 #A5735C #69A55C #5C8DA5

split-complementary

#985CA5 #8DA55C #5CA573

monochromatic

#503057 #74467E #985CA5 #B183BB #CAABD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#985CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#985CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985CA5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985CA5	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6275A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.127 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88cc0',
    500: '#985ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ca5;
$custom-light: #b88cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.315,
    "s": 28.854,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56954,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985CA5

secondary

#A4BF9E

accent

#C56374

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F7

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #985CA5

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

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