#B85EE9#B85EE9

#B85EE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.210 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85EE9
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 59.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 58.80, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 81.08, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.1403 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.21 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4752, 24.0799, 79.6961)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85EE9 #8FE95E

analogous

#735EE9 #B85EE9 #E95ED5

triadic

#B85EE9 #E9B85E #5EE9B8

tetradic

#B85EE9 #E9735E #8FE95E #5ED5E9

square

#B85EE9 #E9735E #8FE95E #5ED5E9

split-complementary

#B85EE9 #D5E95E #5EE973

monochromatic

#7D19B4 #A028E2 #B85EE9 #D094F0 #E7CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B85EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#B85EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85EE9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85EE9	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B82ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5388E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.210 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d190f1',
    500: '#b85ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ee9;
$custom-light: #d190f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.849,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64733,
    "c": 0.21048,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85EE9

secondary

#CAEAB9

accent

#D80D55

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85EE9

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

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