#985EA6#985EA6

#985EA6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.125 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EA6
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 166)
HSL	hsl(288, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 43.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 35.97, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 46.40, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.0949 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.125 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8337, 17.4348, 38.1788)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EA6 #6CA65E

analogous

#745EA6 #985EA6 #A65E90

triadic

#985EA6 #A6985E #5EA698

tetradic

#985EA6 #A6745E #6CA65E #5E90A6

square

#985EA6 #A6745E #6CA65E #5E90A6

split-complementary

#985EA6 #90A65E #5EA674

monochromatic

#513159 #754780 #985EA6 #B185BC #CAADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#985EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#985EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985EA6

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985EA6	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5370A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6376A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99677A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.125 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88dc0',
    500: '#985ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ea6;
$custom-light: #b88dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 28.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57331,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EA6

secondary

#A6C0A0

accent

#C56376

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F7

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EA6

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

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