#B859E9#B859E9

#B859E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.217 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B859E9
RGB	rgb(184, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 61.17, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 83.75, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1463 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.217 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0449, 23.2193, 79.5526)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B859E9 #8AE959

analogous

#7059E9 #B859E9 #E959D2

triadic

#B859E9 #E9B859 #59E9B8

tetradic

#B859E9 #E97059 #8AE959 #59D2E9

square

#B859E9 #E97059 #8AE959 #59D2E9

split-complementary

#B859E9 #D2E959 #59E970

monochromatic

#7C17B0 #A123E2 #B859E9 #CF8FF0 #E6C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B859E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B859E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B859E9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B859E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B859E9	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B80ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E86E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b859e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.217 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18df1',
    500: '#b859e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b859e9;
$custom-light: #d18df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b859e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64102,
    "c": 0.21746,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B859E9

secondary

#C7E9B5

accent

#D90D52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B859E9

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

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