#985CC9#985CC9

#985CC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.168 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985CC9
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 54.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 44.82, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 65.31, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.1022 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.168 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3165, 18.5471, 57.3879)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985CC9 #8DC95C

analogous

#625CC9 #985CC9 #C95CC3

triadic

#985CC9 #C9985C #5CC998

tetradic

#985CC9 #C9625C #8DC95C #5CC3C9

square

#985CC9 #C9625C #8DC95C #5CC3C9

split-complementary

#985CC9 #C3C95C #5CC962

monochromatic

#5A2A80 #7A3AAE #985CC9 #B58AD8 #D2B8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#985CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#985CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985CC9

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985CC9	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3975CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.168 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98cda',
    500: '#985cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985cc9;
$custom-light: #b98cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58912,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985CC9

secondary

#BED6AA

accent

#DA4E8D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985CC9

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

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