#B85BEA#B85BEA

#B85BEA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.216 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BEA
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 234)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 60.44, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 83.17, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1439 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.216 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3568, 23.6140, 80.3633)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BEA #8DEA5B

analogous

#705BEA #B85BEA #EA5BD4

triadic

#B85BEA #EAB85B #5BEAB8

tetradic

#B85BEA #EA705B #8DEA5B #5BD4EA

square

#B85BEA #EA705B #8DEA5B #5BD4EA

split-complementary

#B85BEA #D4EA5B #5BEA70

monochromatic

#7D17B4 #A125E3 #B85BEA #CF91F1 #E7C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B85BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B85BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BEA

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BEA	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)

#2081EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F87E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.216 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ef1',
    500: '#b85bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85bea;
$custom-light: #d18ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.021,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64411,
    "c": 0.21571,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BEA

secondary

#C9EAB7

accent

#DA0C54

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BEA

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

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