#985EA9#985EA9

#985EA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.128 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EA9
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 169)
HSL	hsl(286, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 36.60, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 47.87, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.0955 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.128 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1121, 17.5461, 39.6450)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EA9 #6FA95E

analogous

#735EA9 #985EA9 #A95E95

triadic

#985EA9 #A9985E #5EA998

tetradic

#985EA9 #A9735E #6FA95E #5E95A9

square

#985EA9 #A9735E #6FA95E #5E95A9

split-complementary

#985EA9 #95A95E #5EA973

monochromatic

#52315C #764684 #985EA9 #B286BE #CBAED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#985EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#985EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985EA9

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985EA9	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5270AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6276A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98687B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.128 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88dc3',
    500: '#985ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ea9;
$custom-light: #b88dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 30.364,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57479,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EA9

secondary

#A8C2A1

accent

#C76178

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EA9

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

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