#B85BEE#B85BEE

#B85BEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.220 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BEE
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 61.29, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 85.06, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.1438 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.22 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9380, 23.8464, 83.4240)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BEE #91EE5B

analogous

#6F5BEE #B85BEE #EE5BDB

triadic

#B85BEE #EEB85B #5BEEB8

tetradic

#B85BEE #EE6F5B #91EE5B #5BDBEE

square

#B85BEE #EE6F5B #91EE5B #5BDBEE

split-complementary

#B85BEE #DBEE5B #5BEE6F

monochromatic

#7E13BB #A024E8 #B85BEE #D092F4 #E8CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B85BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B85BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BEE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BEE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1682F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.220 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ef4',
    500: '#b85bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85bee;
$custom-light: #d18ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64657,
    "c": 0.21974,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BEE

secondary

#CCECB9

accent

#DE0856

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BEE

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

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