#B85DE9#B85DE9

#B85DE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.212 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85DE9
RGB	rgb(184, 93, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 60.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 59.28, -56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 81.62, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.1415 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.212 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3868, 23.9032, 79.6666)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85DE9 #8EE95D

analogous

#725DE9 #B85DE9 #E95DD4

triadic

#B85DE9 #E9B85D #5DE9B8

tetradic

#B85DE9 #E9725D #8EE95D #5DD4E9

square

#B85DE9 #E9725D #8EE95D #5DD4E9

split-complementary

#B85DE9 #D4E95D #5DE972

monochromatic

#7D18B3 #A027E2 #B85DE9 #D093F0 #E7C9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B85DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B85DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85DE9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85DE9	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2882ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5288E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 93, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.212 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ff1',
    500: '#b85de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85de9;
$custom-light: #d18ff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64605,
    "c": 0.2119,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85DE9

secondary

#CAE9B8

accent

#D80D54

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85DE9

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

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