#985CC8#985CC8

#985CC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.167 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985CC8
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 54%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 44.59, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 64.79, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1021 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.167 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1993, 18.5002, 56.7704)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985CC8 #8CC85C

analogous

#625CC8 #985CC8 #C85CC2

triadic

#985CC8 #C8985C #5CC898

tetradic

#985CC8 #C8625C #8CC85C #5CC2C8

square

#985CC8 #C8625C #8CC85C #5CC2C8

split-complementary

#985CC8 #C2C85C #5CC862

monochromatic

#592B7F #7A3AAD #985CC8 #B58AD7 #D2B8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#985CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#985CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985CC8

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985CC8	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A75CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.167 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98cd9',
    500: '#985cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985cc8;
$custom-light: #b98cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58853,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985CC8

secondary

#BDD6AA

accent

#D94F8C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985CC8

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

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