#B85EE5#B85EE5

#B85EE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.206 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85EE5
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 57.96, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 79.17, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.1403 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.206 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9103, 23.8539, 76.7208)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85EE5 #8BE55E

analogous

#745EE5 #B85EE5 #E55ECE

triadic

#B85EE5 #E5B85E #5EE5B8

tetradic

#B85EE5 #E5745E #8BE55E #5ECEE5

square

#B85EE5 #E5745E #8BE55E #5ECEE5

split-complementary

#B85EE5 #CEE55E #5EE574

monochromatic

#7C1CAD #A129DC #B85EE5 #CF93EE #E6C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B85EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B85EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85EE5

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85EE5	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)

#3181E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.206 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d090ee',
    500: '#b85ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ee5;
$custom-light: #d090ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64495,
    "c": 0.20639,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85EE5

secondary

#C7E7B7

accent

#D41152

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85EE5

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

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