#B85AEA#B85AEA

#B85AEA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.217 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85AEA
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 234)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 60.91, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 83.70, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1451 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.217 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2719, 23.4441, 80.3350)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85AEA #8CEA5A

analogous

#705AEA #B85AEA #EA5AD4

triadic

#B85AEA #EAB85A #5AEAB8

tetradic

#B85AEA #EA705A #8CEA5A #5AD4EA

square

#B85AEA #EA705A #8CEA5A #5AD4EA

split-complementary

#B85AEA #D4EA5A #5AEA70

monochromatic

#7D17B3 #A124E3 #B85AEA #CF90F1 #E7C7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B85AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B85AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85AEA

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85AEA	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D80EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E87E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.217 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ef1',
    500: '#b85aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85aea;
$custom-light: #d18ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64287,
    "c": 0.21709,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85AEA

secondary

#C8E9B6

accent

#DA0C53

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85AEA

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

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