#B055E1#B055E1

#B055E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.212 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B055E1
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 59.53, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 81.89, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1413 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.212 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7411, 21.1642, 73.4746)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B055E1 #86E155

analogous

#6A55E1 #B055E1 #E155CC

triadic

#B055E1 #E1B055 #55E1B0

tetradic

#B055E1 #E16A55 #86E155 #55CCE1

square

#B055E1 #E16A55 #86E155 #55CCE1

split-complementary

#B055E1 #CCE155 #55E16A

monochromatic

#711C9F #9725D3 #B055E1 #C889EA #E0BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B055E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B055E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B055E1

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B055E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B055E1	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b055e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.212 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8aeb',
    500: '#b055e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b055e1;
$custom-light: #cb8aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b055e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.21218,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B055E1

secondary

#C1E3AE

accent

#D21456

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B055E1

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

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