#B048E5#B048E5

#B048E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.233 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B048E5
RGB	rgb(176, 72, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 66.13, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 90.27, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1553 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.233 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3621, 19.5229, 76.0717)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B048E5 #7DE548

analogous

#6248E5 #B048E5 #E548CC

triadic

#B048E5 #E5B048 #48E5B0

tetradic

#B048E5 #E56248 #7DE548 #48CCE5

square

#B048E5 #E56248 #7DE548 #48CCE5

split-complementary

#B048E5 #CCE548 #48E562

monochromatic

#6F169C #951ED2 #B048E5 #C77EED #DEB3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B048E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B048E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B048E5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B048E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B048E5	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA6991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b048e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 72, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.233 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc83ee',
    500: '#b048e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b048e5;
$custom-light: #cc83ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b048e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.745,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60923,
    "c": 0.23285,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B048E5

secondary

#BAE3A6

accent

#F23675

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B048E5

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

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