#985EE9#985EE9

#985EE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.202 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985EE9
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 51.46, -61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 80.54, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.202 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6560, 20.5637, 79.3764)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985EE9 #AFE95E

analogous

#5E6AE9 #985EE9 #DE5EE9

triadic

#985EE9 #E9985E #5EE998

tetradic

#985EE9 #E95E6A #AFE95E #5EE9DE

square

#985EE9 #E95E6A #AFE95E #5EE9DE

split-complementary

#985EE9 #E9DE5E #6AE95E

monochromatic

#5919B4 #7628E2 #985EE9 #BA94F0 #DDCAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#985EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#985EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #985EE9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##985EE9	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.202 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ef1',
    500: '#985ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985ee9;
$custom-light: #bb8ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.036,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61223,
    "c": 0.2023,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985EE9

secondary

#D5EAB9

accent

#D80D84

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #985EE9

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

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