#B850D8#B850D8

#B850D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.213 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B850D8
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 216)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 63%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 61.82, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 80.50, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.157 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.213 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0287, 20.8869, 67.1389)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B850D8 #70D850

analogous

#7450D8 #B850D8 #D850B4

triadic

#B850D8 #D8B850 #50D8B8

tetradic

#B850D8 #D87450 #70D850 #50B4D8

square

#B850D8 #D87450 #70D850 #50B4D8

split-complementary

#B850D8 #B4D850 #50D874

monochromatic

#74208E #9D2BC0 #B850D8 #CC82E3 #E1B4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B850D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B850D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B850D8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B850D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B850D8	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2377DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b850d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.213 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d187e5',
    500: '#b850d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b850d8;
$custom-light: #d187e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b850d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.21327,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B850D8

secondary

#B4DDA7

accent

#E74168

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B850D8

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

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