#B059C9#B059C9

#B059C9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.182 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059C9
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 201)
HSL	hsl(287, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 55.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 52.64, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 68.34, 320.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1358 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.182 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0180, 20.5931, 57.5353)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059C9 #72C959

analogous

#7859C9 #B059C9 #C959AA

triadic

#B059C9 #C9B059 #59C9B0

tetradic

#B059C9 #C97859 #72C959 #59AAC9

square

#B059C9 #C97859 #72C959 #59AAC9

split-complementary

#B059C9 #AAC959 #59C978

monochromatic

#6B297E #9338AD #B059C9 #C687D8 #DCB5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B059C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B059C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059C9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059C9	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4078CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.182 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8cda',
    500: '#b059c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059c9;
$custom-light: #ca8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.607,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61275,
    "c": 0.18213,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059C9

secondary

#B2D6A8

accent

#DA4D6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059C9

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

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