#B85BD5#B85BD5

#B85BD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.195 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BD5
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 56.13, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 73.30, 319.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.1435 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.195 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5168, 22.4779, 65.4057)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BD5 #78D55B

analogous

#7B5BD5 #B85BD5 #D55BB5

triadic

#B85BD5 #D5B85B #5BD5B8

tetradic

#B85BD5 #D57B5B #78D55B #5BB5D5

square

#B85BD5 #D57B5B #78D55B #5BB5D5

split-complementary

#B85BD5 #B5D55B #5BD57B

monochromatic

#772591 #9F32C1 #B85BD5 #CD8CE1 #E2BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B85BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B85BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BD5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BD5	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.195 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ee2',
    500: '#b85bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85bd5;
$custom-light: #d08ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.738,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63184,
    "c": 0.19469,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BD5

secondary

#B9DEAE

accent

#E2456B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BD5

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

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