#985EC3#985EC3

#985EC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.158 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EC3
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 195)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 52%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 51.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 42.35, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 61.00, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.0991 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.158 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8000, 18.6213, 53.8016)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EC3 #89C35E

analogous

#665EC3 #985EC3 #C35EBC

triadic

#985EC3 #C3985E #5EC398

tetradic

#985EC3 #C3665E #89C35E #5EBCC3

square

#985EC3 #C3665E #89C35E #5EBCC3

split-complementary

#985EC3 #BCC35E #5EC366

monochromatic

#592D79 #7A3EA6 #985EC3 #B58BD4 #D1B7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#985EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#985EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985EC3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985EC3	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4275C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5378C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.158 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98dd5',
    500: '#985ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ec3;
$custom-light: #b98dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.455,
    "s": 45.701,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58871,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EC3

secondary

#BBD3AA

accent

#D5528A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EC3

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

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