#B850E9#B850E9

#B850E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.229 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B850E9
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 65.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 65.22, -59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 88.33, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1564 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.229 313)
XYZ	xyz(37.3412, 21.8119, 79.3181)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B850E9 #81E950

analogous

#6C50E9 #B850E9 #E950CE

triadic

#B850E9 #E9B850 #50E9B8

tetradic

#B850E9 #E96C50 #81E950 #50CEE9

square

#B850E9 #E96C50 #81E950 #50CEE9

split-complementary

#B850E9 #CEE950 #50E96C

monochromatic

#7A15A9 #A11CE0 #B850E9 #CE86F0 #E4BDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B850E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B850E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B850E9

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B850E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B850E9	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b850e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.229 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188f1',
    500: '#b850e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b850e9;
$custom-light: #d188f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b850e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.784,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63041,
    "c": 0.22938,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.21811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B850E9

secondary

#C0E7AE

accent

#DA0C4E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B850E9

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

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