#985EC8#985EC8

#985EC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.164 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EC8
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 53%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 43.51, -46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 63.57, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.0995 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.164 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3748, 18.8512, 56.8289)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EC8 #8EC85E

analogous

#635EC8 #985EC8 #C85EC3

triadic

#985EC8 #C8985E #5EC898

tetradic

#985EC8 #C8635E #8EC85E #5EC3C8

square

#985EC8 #C8635E #8EC85E #5EC3C8

split-complementary

#985EC8 #C3C85E #5EC863

monochromatic

#5A2C80 #7A3BAE #985EC8 #B58CD8 #D2B9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#985EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#985EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985EC8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985EC8	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5079C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.164 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98dd9',
    500: '#985ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ec8;
$custom-light: #b98dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59159,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EC8

secondary

#BFD6AC

accent

#D94F8D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EC8

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

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