#985E9A#985E9A

#985E9A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.112 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985E9A
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 154)
HSL	hsl(298, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 39%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 33.54, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 40.69, 325.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.0923 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.112 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7838, 17.0148, 32.6496)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985E9A #609A5E

analogous

#7A5E9A #985E9A #9A5E7E

triadic

#985E9A #9A985E #5E9A98

tetradic

#985E9A #9A7A5E #609A5E #5E7E9A

square

#985E9A #9A7A5E #609A5E #5E7E9A

split-complementary

#985E9A #7E9A5E #5E9A7A

monochromatic

#4D304E #724774 #985E9A #B182B3 #C9A8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#985E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#985E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985E9A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985E9A	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.112 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b78db8',
    500: '#985e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985e9a;
$custom-light: #b78db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 24.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56766,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985E9A

secondary

#9CB89B

accent

#C1676A

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110C11

muted

#807D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #985E9A

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

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