#B85BE3#B85BE3

#B85BE3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.209 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BE3
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 58.98, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 79.86, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.1439 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.209 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3710, 23.2196, 75.1714)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BE3 #86E35B

analogous

#745BE3 #B85BE3 #E35BCA

triadic

#B85BE3 #E3B85B #5BE3B8

tetradic

#B85BE3 #E3745B #86E35B #5BCAE3

square

#B85BE3 #E3745B #86E35B #5BCAE3

split-complementary

#B85BE3 #CAE35B #5BE374

monochromatic

#7B1DA7 #A127DA #B85BE3 #CF8FEC #E5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B85BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B85BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BE3

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BE3	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.209 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18eec',
    500: '#b85be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85be3;
$custom-light: #d18eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63991,
    "c": 0.20866,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BE3

secondary

#C4E6B4

accent

#D3134F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BE3

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

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