#B850F0#B850F0

#B850F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.236 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B850F0
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 240)
HSL	hsl(279, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 66.66, -62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 91.58, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1559 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.236 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3611, 22.2199, 84.6892)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B850F0 #88F050

analogous

#6850F0 #B850F0 #F050D8

triadic

#B850F0 #F0B850 #50F0B8

tetradic

#B850F0 #F06850 #88F050 #50D8F0

square

#B850F0 #F06850 #88F050 #50D8F0

split-complementary

#B850F0 #D8F050 #50F068

monochromatic

#7C10B6 #A118EB #B850F0 #CF88F5 #E6C1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B850F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B850F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B850F0

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B850F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B850F0	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1719A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b850f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.236 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288f6',
    500: '#b850f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b850f0;
$custom-light: #d288f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b850f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 84.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63489,
    "c": 0.23606,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B850F0

secondary

#C5EBB1

accent

#E10552

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B850F0

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

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