#985E97#985E97

#985E97 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.109 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985E97
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 151)
HSL	hsl(301, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 0.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 32.95, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 39.32, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0916 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.109 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5371, 16.9162, 31.3502)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985E97 #5E985F

analogous

#7C5E98 #985E97 #985E7A

triadic

#985E97 #97985E #5E9798

tetradic

#985E97 #987C5E #5E985F #5E7A98

square

#985E97 #987C5E #5E985F #5E7A98

split-complementary

#985E97 #7A985E #5E987C

monochromatic

#4C2F4C #724771 #985E97 #B282B1 #C9A8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#985E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#985E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985E97

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985E97	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.109 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b78db5',
    500: '#985e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985e97;
$custom-light: #b78db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.034,
    "s": 23.577,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56631,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985E97

secondary

#9BB79B

accent

#C06968

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110C11

muted

#807D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #985E97

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

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