#B985D7#B985D7

#B985D7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B985D7
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(278, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 38.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 34.76, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 48.92, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0869 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.129 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6588, 31.9964, 68.3108)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B985D7 #A3D785

analogous

#9085D7 #B985D7 #D785CC

triadic

#B985D7 #D7B985 #85D7B9

tetradic

#B985D7 #D79085 #A3D785 #85CCD7

square

#B985D7 #D79085 #A3D785 #85CCD7

split-complementary

#B985D7 #CCD785 #85D790

monochromatic

#8038AA #9F57C8 #B985D7 #D3B3E6 #EEE1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B985D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#B985D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B985D7

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B985D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B985D7	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7697DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B690A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b985d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa9e3',
    500: '#b985d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b985d7;
$custom-light: #cfa9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b985d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69793,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B985D7

secondary

#D9E8CF

accent

#BE285F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B985D7

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

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