#B059DD#B059DD

#B059DD is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.202 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059DD
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 56.77, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 77.82, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1365 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.202 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5257, 21.5962, 70.7423)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059DD #86DD59

analogous

#6E59DD #B059DD #DD59C8

triadic

#B059DD #DDB059 #59DDB0

tetradic

#B059DD #DD6E59 #86DD59 #59C8DD

square

#B059DD #DD6E59 #86DD59 #59C8DD

split-complementary

#B059DD #C8DD59 #59DD6E

monochromatic

#71209C #972ACF #B059DD #C88CE7 #E0BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B059DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B059DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059DD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059DD	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)

#2A7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.202 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ce8',
    500: '#b059dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059dd;
$custom-light: #cb8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62428,
    "c": 0.20248,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059DD

secondary

#C1E2B0

accent

#CE1856

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059DD

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

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