#B85CE6#B85CE6

#B85CE6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.210 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85CE6
RGB	rgb(184, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 59.13, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 80.73, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.1427 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.21 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8747, 23.5588, 77.3997)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85CE6 #8AE65C

analogous

#735CE6 #B85CE6 #E65CCF

triadic

#B85CE6 #E6B85C #5CE6B8

tetradic

#B85CE6 #E6735C #8AE65C #5CCFE6

square

#B85CE6 #E6735C #8AE65C #5CCFE6

split-complementary

#B85CE6 #CFE65C #5CE673

monochromatic

#7C1BAD #A127DE #B85CE6 #CF91EE #E6C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B85CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B85CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85CE6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85CE6	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A80EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.210 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18fee',
    500: '#b85ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ce6;
$custom-light: #d18fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64297,
    "c": 0.21026,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85CE6

secondary

#C7E8B6

accent

#D61052

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85CE6

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

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