#B850E5#B850E5

#B850E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.226 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B850E5
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 65.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 64.41, -57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 86.48, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1566 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.226 314)
XYZ	xyz(36.7763, 21.5860, 76.3428)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B850E5 #7DE550

analogous

#6D50E5 #B850E5 #E550C7

triadic

#B850E5 #E5B850 #50E5B8

tetradic

#B850E5 #E56D50 #7DE550 #50C7E5

square

#B850E5 #E56D50 #7DE550 #50C7E5

split-complementary

#B850E5 #C7E550 #50E56D

monochromatic

#7918A2 #A020D8 #B850E5 #CE85ED #E3BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B850E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B850E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B850E5

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B850E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B850E5	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b850e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.226 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188ee',
    500: '#b850e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b850e5;
$custom-light: #d188ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b850e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.879,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62789,
    "c": 0.22557,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.21585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B850E5

secondary

#BDE5AC

accent

#D60F4B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B850E5

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

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