#B85BE7#B85BE7

#B85BE7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.213 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BE7
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 59.81, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 81.75, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1439 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.213 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9295, 23.4430, 78.1127)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BE7 #8AE75B

analogous

#725BE7 #B85BE7 #E75BD0

triadic

#B85BE7 #E7B85B #5BE7B8

tetradic

#B85BE7 #E7725B #8AE75B #5BD0E7

square

#B85BE7 #E7725B #8AE75B #5BD0E7

split-complementary

#B85BE7 #D0E75B #5BE772

monochromatic

#7C19AE #A126DF #B85BE7 #CF90EF #E6C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B85BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B85BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BE7

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BE7	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)

#2680EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5287E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.213 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18eef',
    500: '#b85be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85be7;
$custom-light: #d18eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.857,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6423,
    "c": 0.21268,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BE7

secondary

#C7E8B6

accent

#D70F52

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BE7

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

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