#B85EE8#B85EE8

#B85EE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.209 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85EE8
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 58.59, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 80.60, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.1403 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.209 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3327, 24.0229, 78.9459)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85EE8 #8EE85E

analogous

#735EE8 #B85EE8 #E85ED3

triadic

#B85EE8 #E8B85E #5EE8B8

tetradic

#B85EE8 #E8735E #8EE85E #5ED3E8

square

#B85EE8 #E8735E #8EE85E #5ED3E8

split-complementary

#B85EE8 #D3E85E #5EE873

monochromatic

#7D19B2 #A028E0 #B85EE8 #D094F0 #E7C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B85EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B85EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85EE8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85EE8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C82EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.209 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d190f0',
    500: '#b85ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ee8;
$custom-light: #d190f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64673,
    "c": 0.20946,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85EE8

secondary

#CAE9B9

accent

#D70E54

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85EE8

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

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