#BE85EB#BE85EB

#BE85EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.154 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE85EB
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 43.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 40.57, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 59.33, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0965 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.154 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6153, 33.7209, 82.7396)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE85EB #B2EB85

analogous

#8B85EB #BE85EB #EB85E5

triadic

#BE85EB #EBBE85 #85EBBE

tetradic

#BE85EB #EB8B85 #B2EB85 #85E5EB

square

#BE85EB #EB8B85 #B2EB85 #85E5EB

split-complementary

#BE85EB #E5EB85 #85EB8B

monochromatic

#8523D3 #A250E2 #BE85EB #DABAF4 #F1E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE85EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BE85EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE85EB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE85EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE85EB	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be85eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.154 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a9f2',
    500: '#be85eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be85eb;
$custom-light: #d3a9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be85eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.15437,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE85EB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D41267

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE85EB

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

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