#B85BE9#B85BE9

#B85BE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.215 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BE9
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 60.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 60.23, -56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 82.69, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1439 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.215 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2136, 23.5567, 79.6089)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BE9 #8CE95B

analogous

#715BE9 #B85BE9 #E95BD3

triadic

#B85BE9 #E9B85B #5BE9B8

tetradic

#B85BE9 #E9715B #8CE95B #5BD3E9

square

#B85BE9 #E9715B #8CE95B #5BD3E9

split-complementary

#B85BE9 #D3E95B #5BE971

monochromatic

#7D18B2 #A125E2 #B85BE9 #CF91F0 #E7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B85BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B85BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BE9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BE9	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2281ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.215 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ef1',
    500: '#b85be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85be9;
$custom-light: #d18ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.296,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64351,
    "c": 0.21469,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BE9

secondary

#C8E9B7

accent

#D90D53

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BE9

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

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