#985DB7#985DB7

#985DB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.146 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985DB7
RGB	rgb(152, 93, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 49.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 40.19, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 55.51, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0992 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.146 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4090, 17.9236, 46.9117)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985DB7 #7CB75D

analogous

#6B5DB7 #985DB7 #B75DA9

triadic

#985DB7 #B7985D #5DB798

tetradic

#985DB7 #B76B5D #7CB75D #5DA9B7

square

#985DB7 #B76B5D #7CB75D #5DA9B7

split-complementary

#985DB7 #A9B75D #5DB76B

monochromatic

#562F6A #784295 #985DB7 #B387CA #CEB2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#985DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#985DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985DB7

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985DB7	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4972BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A77B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 93, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.146 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88dcd',
    500: '#985db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985db7;
$custom-light: #b88dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.333,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58046,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985DB7

secondary

#B2CBA5

accent

#CE5982

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #985DB7

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

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