#B850E6#B850E6

#B850E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.227 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B850E6
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 64.61, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 86.94, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1566 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.227 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9163, 21.6420, 77.0802)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B850E6 #7EE650

analogous

#6D50E6 #B850E6 #E650C9

triadic

#B850E6 #E6B850 #50E6B8

tetradic

#B850E6 #E66D50 #7EE650 #50C9E6

square

#B850E6 #E66D50 #7EE650 #50C9E6

split-complementary

#B850E6 #C9E650 #50E66D

monochromatic

#7917A4 #A01FDA #B850E6 #CE86EE #E3BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B850E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B850E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B850E6

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B850E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B850E6	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b850e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.227 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188ef',
    500: '#b850e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b850e6;
$custom-light: #d188ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b850e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.6,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62852,
    "c": 0.22652,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B850E6

secondary

#BEE5AC

accent

#D70E4C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B850E6

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

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