#B85AED#B85AED

#B85AED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.220 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85AED
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(278, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 61.55, -58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 85.12, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.145 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.22 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7066, 23.6180, 82.6241)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85AED #8FED5A

analogous

#6F5AED #B85AED #ED5AD9

triadic

#B85AED #EDB85A #5AEDB8

tetradic

#B85AED #ED6F5A #8FED5A #5AD9ED

square

#B85AED #ED6F5A #8FED5A #5AD9ED

split-complementary

#B85AED #D9ED5A #5AED6F

monochromatic

#7D14B8 #A023E7 #B85AED #D091F3 #E7C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B85AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B85AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85AED

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85AED	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1481F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.220 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ef3',
    500: '#b85aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85aed;
$custom-light: #d18ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.367,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64471,
    "c": 0.2201,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85AED

secondary

#CAEBB8

accent

#DD0955

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85AED

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

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