#985EC6#985EC6

#985EC6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.161 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EC6
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 198)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 52.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 43.04, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 62.54, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0993 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.161 308)
XYZ	xyz(27.1426, 18.7584, 55.6060)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EC6 #8CC65E

analogous

#645EC6 #985EC6 #C65EC0

triadic

#985EC6 #C6985E #5EC698

tetradic

#985EC6 #C6645E #8CC65E #5EC0C6

square

#985EC6 #C6645E #8CC65E #5EC0C6

split-complementary

#985EC6 #C0C65E #5EC664

monochromatic

#592C7D #7A3CAA #985EC6 #B58BD6 #D2B8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#985EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#985EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985EC6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985EC6	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F76CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5179C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.161 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98dd8',
    500: '#985ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ec6;
$custom-light: #b98dd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 47.706,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59043,
    "c": 0.16143,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.18758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EC6

secondary

#BDD5AB

accent

#D7508C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EC6

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

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