#B059E1#B059E1

#B059E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.207 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059E1
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 57.63, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 79.74, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1365 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.207 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0650, 21.8119, 73.5825)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059E1 #8AE159

analogous

#6C59E1 #B059E1 #E159CE

triadic

#B059E1 #E1B059 #59E1B0

tetradic

#B059E1 #E16C59 #8AE159 #59CEE1

square

#B059E1 #E16C59 #8AE159 #59CEE1

split-complementary

#B059E1 #CEE159 #59E16C

monochromatic

#721DA2 #9727D6 #B059E1 #C98DEA #E1C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B059E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B059E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059E1

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059E1	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.207 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ceb',
    500: '#b059e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059e1;
$custom-light: #cb8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6267,
    "c": 0.20659,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059E1

secondary

#C4E4B2

accent

#D11458

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059E1

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

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