#B859F5#B859F5

#B859F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.229 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B859F5
RGB	rgb(184, 89, 245)
HSL	hsl(277, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 63.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 63.71, -62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 89.43, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.1458 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.229 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8177, 23.9284, 88.8896)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B859F5 #96F559

analogous

#6A59F5 #B859F5 #F559E4

triadic

#B859F5 #F5B859 #59F5B8

tetradic

#B859F5 #F56A59 #96F559 #59E4F5

square

#B859F5 #F56A59 #96F559 #59E4F5

split-complementary

#B859F5 #E4F559 #59F56A

monochromatic

#7E0CC8 #9F1FF2 #B859F5 #D193F8 #E9CCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B859F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B859F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B859F5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B859F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B859F5	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0082FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4288F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF799F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b859f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 89, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.229 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18df9',
    500: '#b859f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b859f5;
$custom-light: #d18df9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b859f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.538,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64851,
    "c": 0.22947,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B859F5

secondary

#CFEFBB

accent

#E5005A

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B859F5

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

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