#B850D9#B850D9

#B850D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.214 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B850D9
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 217)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 63.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 62.02, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 80.96, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.157 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.214 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1584, 20.9388, 67.8218)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B850D9 #71D950

analogous

#7350D9 #B850D9 #D950B6

triadic

#B850D9 #D9B850 #50D9B8

tetradic

#B850D9 #D97350 #71D950 #50B6D9

square

#B850D9 #D97350 #71D950 #50B6D9

split-complementary

#B850D9 #B6D950 #50D973

monochromatic

#741F8F #9D2AC2 #B850D9 #CC82E4 #E1B5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B850D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B850D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B850D9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B850D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B850D9	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2178DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b850d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.214 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188e5',
    500: '#b850d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b850d9;
$custom-light: #d188e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b850d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.547,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62057,
    "c": 0.21422,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B850D9

secondary

#B4DEA7

accent

#E74069

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B850D9

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

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