#985F8F#985F8F

#985F8F is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.099 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985F8F
RGB	rgb(152, 95, 143)
HSL	hsl(309, 23%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.5%, 5.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 30.86, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 35.15, 331.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.0878 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.099 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9988, 16.8440, 28.0737)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985F8F #5F9868

analogous

#845F98 #985F8F #985F72

triadic

#985F8F #8F985F #5F8F98

tetradic

#985F8F #98845F #5F9868 #5F7298

square

#985F8F #98845F #5F9868 #5F7298

split-complementary

#985F8F #72985F #5F9884

monochromatic

#4D3048 #72476C #985F8F #B183AA #C9A8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#985F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#985F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985F8F

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985F8F	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 95, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.099 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b78db0',
    500: '#985f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985f8f;
$custom-light: #b78db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56457,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985F8F

secondary

#9CB7A0

accent

#C07668

background

#FBF8FA

surface

#F6F0F4

border

#D0CBCE

text

#110C10

muted

#807D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #985F8F

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

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