#985EA8#985EA8

#985EA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.127 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EA8
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 168)
HSL	hsl(287, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(287, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 44%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 36.39, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 47.38, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.0953 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.127 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0185, 17.5087, 39.1525)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EA8 #6EA85E

analogous

#735EA8 #985EA8 #A85E93

triadic

#985EA8 #A8985E #5EA898

tetradic

#985EA8 #A8735E #6EA85E #5E93A8

square

#985EA8 #A8735E #6EA85E #5E93A8

split-complementary

#985EA8 #93A85E #5EA873

monochromatic

#52315B #754682 #985EA8 #B186BD #CBADD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#985EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#985EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985EA8

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985EA8	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5270AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6276A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98687B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.127 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88dc2',
    500: '#985ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ea8;
$custom-light: #b88dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EA8

secondary

#A8C1A1

accent

#C66277

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F7

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EA8

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

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