#985CD5#985CD5

#985CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.182 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985CD5
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 47.65, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 71.46, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1026 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.182 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7836, 19.1339, 65.1147)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985CD5 #99D55C

analogous

#5C5DD5 #985CD5 #D45CD5

triadic

#985CD5 #D5985C #5CD598

tetradic

#985CD5 #D55C5D #99D55C #5CD5D4

square

#985CD5 #D55C5D #99D55C #5CD5D4

split-complementary

#985CD5 #D5D45C #5DD55C

monochromatic

#5B2591 #7932C2 #985CD5 #B78DE2 #D5BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#985CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#985CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985CD5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985CD5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B77D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4379D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.182 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ce2',
    500: '#985cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985cd5;
$custom-light: #ba8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.752,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59642,
    "c": 0.18199,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985CD5

secondary

#C7DEAF

accent

#E24695

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985CD5

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

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