#B85DE5#B85DE5

#B85DE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.208 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85DE5
RGB	rgb(184, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 58.44, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 79.72, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.1415 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.208 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8219, 23.6772, 76.6913)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85DE5 #8AE55D

analogous

#745DE5 #B85DE5 #E55DCE

triadic

#B85DE5 #E5B85D #5DE5B8

tetradic

#B85DE5 #E5745D #8AE55D #5DCEE5

square

#B85DE5 #E5745D #8AE55D #5DCEE5

split-complementary

#B85DE5 #CEE55D #5DE574

monochromatic

#7C1CAC #A128DD #B85DE5 #CF92ED #E6C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B85DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B85DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85DE5

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85DE5	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5588E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.208 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18fee',
    500: '#b85de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85de5;
$custom-light: #d18fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.147,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64366,
    "c": 0.20783,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85DE5

secondary

#C7E7B7

accent

#D41152

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85DE5

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

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