#B059E3#B059E3

#B059E3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.209 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059E3
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 58.05, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 80.70, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1365 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.209 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3394, 21.9217, 75.0278)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059E3 #8CE359

analogous

#6B59E3 #B059E3 #E359D1

triadic

#B059E3 #E3B059 #59E3B0

tetradic

#B059E3 #E36B59 #8CE359 #59D1E3

square

#B059E3 #E36B59 #8CE359 #59D1E3

split-complementary

#B059E3 #D1E359 #59E36B

monochromatic

#731CA6 #9725DA #B059E3 #C98DEC #E2C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B059E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B059E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059E3

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059E3	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.209 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cec',
    500: '#b059e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059e3;
$custom-light: #cb8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62793,
    "c": 0.20866,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059E3

secondary

#C5E5B2

accent

#D3125A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059E3

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

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