#985EC9#985EC9

#985EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.165 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EC9
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 43.74, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 64.08, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0995 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.165 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4921, 18.8981, 57.4464)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EC9 #8FC95E

analogous

#625EC9 #985EC9 #C95EC5

triadic

#985EC9 #C9985E #5EC998

tetradic

#985EC9 #C9625E #8FC95E #5EC5C9

square

#985EC9 #C9625E #8FC95E #5EC5C9

split-complementary

#985EC9 #C5C95E #5EC962

monochromatic

#5A2B81 #7A3BAF #985EC9 #B58CD8 #D3BAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#985EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#985EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985EC9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985EC9	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F79C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.165 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98dda',
    500: '#985ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ec9;
$custom-light: #b98dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.523,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59218,
    "c": 0.16495,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EC9

secondary

#C0D7AC

accent

#D94F8E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EC9

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

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