#985EC4#985EC4

#985EC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.159 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EC4
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 196)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 52%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 42.58, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 61.51, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0991 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.159 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9135, 18.6667, 54.3991)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EC4 #8AC45E

analogous

#655EC4 #985EC4 #C45EBD

triadic

#985EC4 #C4985E #5EC498

tetradic

#985EC4 #C4655E #8AC45E #5EBDC4

square

#985EC4 #C4655E #8AC45E #5EBDC4

split-complementary

#985EC4 #BDC45E #5EC465

monochromatic

#592D7B #7A3DA7 #985EC4 #B58BD4 #D1B8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#985EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#985EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985EC4

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985EC4	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4175C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5378C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.159 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98dd6',
    500: '#985ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ec4;
$custom-light: #b98dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 46.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58928,
    "c": 0.15909,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EC4

secondary

#BCD4AA

accent

#D6528B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EC4

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

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