#B059CB#B059CB

#B059CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.184 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059CB
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 53.04, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 69.28, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.1359 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.184 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2548, 20.6879, 58.7824)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059CB #74CB59

analogous

#7759CB #B059CB #CB59AD

triadic

#B059CB #CBB059 #59CBB0

tetradic

#B059CB #CB7759 #74CB59 #59ADCB

square

#B059CB #CB7759 #74CB59 #59ADCB

split-complementary

#B059CB #ADCB59 #59CB77

monochromatic

#6C2881 #9337B0 #B059CB #C688DA #DCB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B059CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B059CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059CB

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059CB	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E78CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.184 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8cdb',
    500: '#b059cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059cb;
$custom-light: #ca8cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61386,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059CB

secondary

#B4D7A9

accent

#DC4C6E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059CB

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

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