#B059C8#B059C8

#B059C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.181 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059C8
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 52.44, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 67.87, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1357 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.181 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9008, 20.5462, 56.9178)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059C8 #71C859

analogous

#7959C8 #B059C8 #C859A9

triadic

#B059C8 #C8B059 #59C8B0

tetradic

#B059C8 #C87959 #71C859 #59A9C8

square

#B059C8 #C87959 #71C859 #59A9C8

split-complementary

#B059C8 #A9C859 #59C879

monochromatic

#6B297D #9239AB #B059C8 #C687D7 #DCB5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B059C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B059C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059C8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059C8	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.181 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8cd9',
    500: '#b059c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059c8;
$custom-light: #ca8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.027,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6122,
    "c": 0.18113,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059C8

secondary

#B2D5A8

accent

#DA4E6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059C8

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

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