#B85CE3#B85CE3

#B85CE3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.207 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85CE3
RGB	rgb(184, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 58.50, -53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 79.32, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1427 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.207 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4571, 23.3918, 75.2001)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85CE3 #87E35C

analogous

#745CE3 #B85CE3 #E35CCA

triadic

#B85CE3 #E3B85C #5CE3B8

tetradic

#B85CE3 #E3745C #87E35C #5CCAE3

square

#B85CE3 #E3745C #87E35C #5CCAE3

split-complementary

#B85CE3 #CAE35C #5CE374

monochromatic

#7C1DA8 #A128DA #B85CE3 #CF90EC #E5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B85CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B85CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85CE3

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85CE3	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5687E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.207 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18fec',
    500: '#b85ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ce3;
$custom-light: #d18fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.889,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64119,
    "c": 0.20724,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85CE3

secondary

#C4E6B5

accent

#D31350

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85CE3

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

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