#985EB6#985EB6

#985EB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.143 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EB6
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 182)
HSL	hsl(280, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 48.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 39.41, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 54.37, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.0976 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.143 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3937, 18.0588, 46.3949)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EB6 #7CB65E

analogous

#6C5EB6 #985EB6 #B65EA8

triadic

#985EB6 #B6985E #5EB698

tetradic

#985EB6 #B66C5E #7CB65E #5EA8B6

square

#985EB6 #B66C5E #7CB65E #5EA8B6

split-complementary

#985EB6 #A8B65E #5EB66C

monochromatic

#56306A #784394 #985EB6 #B388C9 #CEB2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#985EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#985EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985EB6

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985EB6	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B73B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B77B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.143 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88dcc',
    500: '#985eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985eb6;
$custom-light: #b88dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 37.607,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58151,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EB6

secondary

#B2CBA5

accent

#CE5A82

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EB6

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

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