#B85DE8#B85DE8

#B85DE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.211 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85DE8
RGB	rgb(184, 93, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 59.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 59.07, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 81.14, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.1415 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.211 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2444, 23.8462, 78.9164)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85DE8 #8DE85D

analogous

#725DE8 #B85DE8 #E85DD2

triadic

#B85DE8 #E8B85D #5DE8B8

tetradic

#B85DE8 #E8725D #8DE85D #5DD2E8

square

#B85DE8 #E8725D #8DE85D #5DD2E8

split-complementary

#B85DE8 #D2E85D #5DE872

monochromatic

#7D19B1 #A127E0 #B85DE8 #CF93F0 #E7C8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B85DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B85DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85DE8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85DE8	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)

#2A81EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5388E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 93, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.211 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ff0',
    500: '#b85de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85de8;
$custom-light: #d18ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.281,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64545,
    "c": 0.21088,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85DE8

secondary

#C9E9B8

accent

#D70E54

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85DE8

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

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