#B85AE3#B85AE3

#B85AE3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.210 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85AE3
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 59.45, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 80.39, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1451 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.21 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2861, 23.0498, 75.1431)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85AE3 #85E35A

analogous

#745AE3 #B85AE3 #E35AC9

triadic

#B85AE3 #E3B85A #5AE3B8

tetradic

#B85AE3 #E3745A #85E35A #5AC9E3

square

#B85AE3 #E3745A #85E35A #5AC9E3

split-complementary

#B85AE3 #C9E35A #5AE374

monochromatic

#7B1CA6 #A126DA #B85AE3 #CF8EEC #E5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B85AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B85AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85AE3

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85AE3	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.210 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18eec',
    500: '#b85ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ae3;
$custom-light: #d18eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.168,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63864,
    "c": 0.21008,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85AE3

secondary

#C3E6B3

accent

#D3124F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85AE3

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

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