#985CC5#985CC5

#985CC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.163 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985CC5
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 197)
HSL	hsl(274, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 53.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 43.90, -45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 63.26, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1019 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.163 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8521, 18.3613, 54.9420)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985CC5 #89C55C

analogous

#645CC5 #985CC5 #C55CBD

triadic

#985CC5 #C5985C #5CC598

tetradic

#985CC5 #C5645C #89C55C #5CBDC5

square

#985CC5 #C5645C #89C55C #5CBDC5

split-complementary

#985CC5 #BDC55C #5CC564

monochromatic

#592C7B #7A3CA8 #985CC5 #B589D5 #D1B6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#985CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#985CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985CC5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985CC5	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D74C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5078C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.163 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98cd7',
    500: '#985cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985cc5;
$custom-light: #b98cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 47.511,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58677,
    "c": 0.16344,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985CC5

secondary

#BBD4A9

accent

#D7518A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985CC5

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

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