#985CEE#985CEE

#985CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.211 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985CEE
RGB	rgb(152, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 53.75, -64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 84.24, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1021 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.211 299)
XYZ	xyz(32.2048, 20.5024, 83.1330)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985CEE #B2EE5C

analogous

#5C69EE #985CEE #E15CEE

triadic

#985CEE #EE985C #5CEE98

tetradic

#985CEE #EE5C69 #B2EE5C #5CEEE1

square

#985CEE #EE5C69 #B2EE5C #5CEEE1

split-complementary

#985CEE #EEE15C #69EE5C

monochromatic

#5914BC #7525E8 #985CEE #BB93F4 #DECBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#985CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#985CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985CEE

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985CEE	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D7CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.211 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8df4',
    500: '#985cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985cee;
$custom-light: #bc8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61276,
    "c": 0.21077,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.20503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985CEE

secondary

#D7ECBA

accent

#DD0886

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #985CEE

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

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