#B85AE4#B85AE4

#B85AE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.211 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85AE4
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 59.66, -54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 80.86, 317.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1451 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.211 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4245, 23.1052, 75.8721)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85AE4 #86E45A

analogous

#735AE4 #B85AE4 #E45ACB

triadic

#B85AE4 #E4B85A #5AE4B8

tetradic

#B85AE4 #E4735A #86E45A #5ACBE4

square

#B85AE4 #E4735A #86E45A #5ACBE4

split-complementary

#B85AE4 #CBE45A #5AE473

monochromatic

#7B1CA8 #A125DB #B85AE4 #CF8FED #E5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B85AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B85AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85AE4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85AE4	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.211 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18eed',
    500: '#b85ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ae4;
$custom-light: #d18eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.87,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63924,
    "c": 0.21108,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85AE4

secondary

#C4E6B4

accent

#D41250

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85AE4

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

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