#B85BE4#B85BE4

#B85BE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.210 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BE4
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 59.19, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 80.33, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1439 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.21 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5094, 23.2750, 75.9004)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BE4 #87E45B

analogous

#735BE4 #B85BE4 #E45BCB

triadic

#B85BE4 #E4B85B #5BE4B8

tetradic

#B85BE4 #E4735B #87E45B #5BCBE4

square

#B85BE4 #E4735B #87E45B #5BCBE4

split-complementary

#B85BE4 #CBE45B #5BE473

monochromatic

#7C1CA9 #A126DB #B85BE4 #CF90ED #E5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B85BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#B85BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BE4

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BE4	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.210 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18eed',
    500: '#b85be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85be4;
$custom-light: #d18eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.73,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6405,
    "c": 0.20967,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BE4

secondary

#C4E6B4

accent

#D41250

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BE4

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

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