#B055E9#B055E9

#B055E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.220 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B055E9
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 61.24, -59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 85.71, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.141 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.22 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8581, 21.6110, 79.3574)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B055E9 #8EE955

analogous

#6655E9 #B055E9 #E955D8

triadic

#B055E9 #E9B055 #55E9B0

tetradic

#B055E9 #E96655 #8EE955 #55D8E9

square

#B055E9 #E96655 #8EE955 #55D8E9

split-complementary

#B055E9 #D8E955 #55E966

monochromatic

#7316AD #971FE2 #B055E9 #C98BF0 #E2C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B055E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B055E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B055E9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B055E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B055E9	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4081E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b055e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.220 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8af1',
    500: '#b055e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b055e9;
$custom-light: #cc8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b055e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.892,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62668,
    "c": 0.22025,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B055E9

secondary

#C7E8B2

accent

#D90C5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B055E9

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

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