#B85EE4#B85EE4

#B85EE4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.205 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85EE4
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 58.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 57.75, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 78.70, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.1403 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.205 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7710, 23.7982, 75.9876)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85EE4 #8AE45E

analogous

#755EE4 #B85EE4 #E45ECD

triadic

#B85EE4 #E4B85E #5EE4B8

tetradic

#B85EE4 #E4755E #8AE45E #5ECDE4

square

#B85EE4 #E4755E #8AE45E #5ECDE4

split-complementary

#B85EE4 #CDE45E #5EE475

monochromatic

#7C1DAB #A12ADB #B85EE4 #CF92ED #E6C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B85EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B85EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85EE4

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85EE4	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3281E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.205 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d090ed',
    500: '#b85ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85ee4;
$custom-light: #d090ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.299,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64437,
    "c": 0.20537,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85EE4

secondary

#C7E7B7

accent

#D31252

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85EE4

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

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