#B859EE#B859EE

#B859EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.222 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B859EE
RGB	rgb(184, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 62.22, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 86.11, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1461 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.222 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7693, 23.5090, 83.3677)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B859EE #8FEE59

analogous

#6E59EE #B859EE #EE59DA

triadic

#B859EE #EEB859 #59EEB8

tetradic

#B859EE #EE6E59 #8FEE59 #59DAEE

square

#B859EE #EE6E59 #8FEE59 #59DAEE

split-complementary

#B859EE #DAEE59 #59EE6E

monochromatic

#7D13BA #A021E8 #B859EE #D091F4 #E7C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B859EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B859EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B859EE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B859EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B859EE	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A81F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b859ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.222 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18df4',
    500: '#b859ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b859ee;
$custom-light: #d18df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b859ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.255,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6441,
    "c": 0.22245,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B859EE

secondary

#CAEBB7

accent

#DE0855

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B859EE

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

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