#B059E6#B059E6

#B059E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.212 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B059E6
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 58.70, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 82.15, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1364 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.212 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7571, 22.0887, 77.2275)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B059E6 #8FE659

analogous

#6959E6 #B059E6 #E659D6

triadic

#B059E6 #E6B059 #59E6B0

tetradic

#B059E6 #E66959 #8FE659 #59D6E6

square

#B059E6 #E66959 #8FE659 #59D6E6

split-complementary

#B059E6 #D6E659 #59E669

monochromatic

#731AAB #9724DE #B059E6 #C98EEE #E3C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B059E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B059E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B059E6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B059E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B059E6	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b059e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.212 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cef',
    500: '#b059e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b059e6;
$custom-light: #cb8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b059e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62978,
    "c": 0.21175,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B059E6

secondary

#C7E7B4

accent

#D6105C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B059E6

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

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