#B059E5#B059E5

#B059E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.211 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059E5
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 58.49, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 81.66, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1365 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.211 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6170, 22.0327, 76.4900)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059E5 #8EE559

analogous

#6A59E5 #B059E5 #E559D4

triadic

#B059E5 #E5B059 #59E5B0

tetradic

#B059E5 #E56A59 #8EE559 #59D4E5

square

#B059E5 #E56A59 #8EE559 #59D4E5

split-complementary

#B059E5 #D4E559 #59E56A

monochromatic

#731AA9 #9724DD #B059E5 #C98EED #E2C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B059E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B059E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059E5

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059E5	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.211 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cee',
    500: '#b059e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059e5;
$custom-light: #cb8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62916,
    "c": 0.21071,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059E5

secondary

#C7E6B3

accent

#D5105B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059E5

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

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