#B850E8#B850E8

#B850E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.228 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B850E8
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 65.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 65.02, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 87.87, 317.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1565 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.228 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1988, 21.7550, 78.5679)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B850E8 #80E850

analogous

#6C50E8 #B850E8 #E850CC

triadic

#B850E8 #E8B850 #50E8B8

tetradic

#B850E8 #E86C50 #80E850 #50CCE8

square

#B850E8 #E86C50 #80E850 #50CCE8

split-complementary

#B850E8 #CCE850 #50E86C

monochromatic

#7A16A8 #A11DDE #B850E8 #CE86EF #E4BCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B850E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B850E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B850E8

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B850E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B850E8	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b850e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.228 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188f0',
    500: '#b850e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b850e8;
$custom-light: #d188f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b850e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62977,
    "c": 0.22843,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B850E8

secondary

#BFE6AD

accent

#D90D4D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B850E8

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

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