#B85EC9#B85EC9

#B85EC9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.178 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85EC9
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 201)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 52.29, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 66.09, 322.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1387 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.178 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3113, 22.4143, 57.7661)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85EC9 #6FC95E

analogous

#825EC9 #B85EC9 #C95EA5

triadic

#B85EC9 #C9B85E #5EC9B8

tetradic

#B85EC9 #C9825E #6FC95E #5EA5C9

square

#B85EC9 #C9825E #6FC95E #5EA5C9

split-complementary

#B85EC9 #A5C95E #5EC982

monochromatic

#742B81 #9D3BAF #B85EC9 #CC8CD8 #E0BAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B85EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B85EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85EC9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85EC9	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6886C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.178 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08fda',
    500: '#b85ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ec9;
$custom-light: #d08fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.467,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62935,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85EC9

secondary

#B3D7AC

accent

#D94F65

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF1FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85EC9

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

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