#985CD3#985CD3

#985CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.180 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985CD3
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 211)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 56.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 47.17, -52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 70.43, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1026 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.18 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5314, 19.0330, 63.7860)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985CD3 #97D35C

analogous

#5D5CD3 #985CD3 #D35CD3

triadic

#985CD3 #D3985C #5CD398

tetradic

#985CD3 #D35D5C #97D35C #5CD3D3

square

#985CD3 #D35D5C #97D35C #5CD3D3

split-complementary

#985CD3 #D3D35C #5CD35D

monochromatic

#5B268E #7933BE #985CD3 #B68CE0 #D5BCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#985CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#985CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985CD3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985CD3	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E77D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4579D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E738F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.180 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce1',
    500: '#985cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985cd3;
$custom-light: #ba8ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59518,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985CD3

secondary

#C5DDAE

accent

#E14793

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985CD3

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

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