#B85AE5#B85AE5

#B85AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.212 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85AE5
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 59.87, -55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 81.34, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1451 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.212 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5637, 23.1609, 76.6053)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85AE5 #87E55A

analogous

#735AE5 #B85AE5 #E55ACC

triadic

#B85AE5 #E5B85A #5AE5B8

tetradic

#B85AE5 #E5735A #87E55A #5ACCE5

square

#B85AE5 #E5735A #87E55A #5ACCE5

split-complementary

#B85AE5 #CCE55A #5AE573

monochromatic

#7C1BAA #A125DD #B85AE5 #CF8FED #E5C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B85AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B85AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85AE5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85AE5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.212 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18eee',
    500: '#b85ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ae5;
$custom-light: #d18eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.576,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63984,
    "c": 0.21208,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85AE5

secondary

#C4E7B4

accent

#D51150

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85AE5

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

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