#985ee8

Color #985ee8

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 10.87 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#985ee8

RGB

rgb(152, 94, 232)

HSL

hsl(265.2, 75%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.2, 59.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(52.41, 51.21, -61.49)

LCH

lch(52.41, 80.02, 309.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.2011, 299.82)

HWB

hwb(265.2, 36.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aee85e

Analogous

#5e69e8

#985ee8

#dd5ee8

Triadic

#985ee8

#e8985e

#5ee898

Split-complementary

#985ee8

#e8dd5e

#69e85e

Tetradic

#985ee8

#e85eae

#aee85e

#5ee898

Square

#985ee8

#e85e69

#aee85e

#5ee8dd

Shades

Color #985ee8 mixed toward black.

#792ee1

#601bbe

#48148f

#300e5f

#180730

Tints

Color #985ee8 mixed toward white.

#a979ec

#ba94f0

#cbaef3

#ddc9f7

#eee4fb

Tones

Color #985ee8 mixed toward gray.

#9a69dc

#9c75d1

#9d80c5

#9f8cba

#a197ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8382d1 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#868acb · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#96bdb8 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #985ee8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#985ee8]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Purple #9370db

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#985ee8 (#985ee8) is rgb(152, 94, 232) in RGB.

No, #985ee8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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