#B059DE#B059DE

#B059DE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.204 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059DE
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 56.99, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 78.30, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1365 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.204 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6593, 21.6497, 71.4461)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059DE #87DE59

analogous

#6D59DE #B059DE #DE59C9

triadic

#B059DE #DEB059 #59DEB0

tetradic

#B059DE #DE6D59 #87DE59 #59C9DE

square

#B059DE #DE6D59 #87DE59 #59C9DE

split-complementary

#B059DE #C9DE59 #59DE6D

monochromatic

#721F9D #9729D0 #B059DE #C88CE8 #E1BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B059DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B059DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059DE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059DE	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.204 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ce9',
    500: '#b059de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059de;
$custom-light: #cb8ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.248,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62488,
    "c": 0.20351,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059DE

secondary

#C2E2B0

accent

#CF1756

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059DE

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

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