#B05AE1#B05AE1

#B05AE1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.205 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05AE1
RGB	rgb(176, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 57.14, -54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 79.20, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.1353 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.205 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1488, 21.9795, 73.6104)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05AE1 #8BE15A

analogous

#6D5AE1 #B05AE1 #E15ACF

triadic

#B05AE1 #E1B05A #5AE1B0

tetradic

#B05AE1 #E16D5A #8BE15A #5ACFE1

square

#B05AE1 #E16D5A #8BE15A #5ACFE1

split-complementary

#B05AE1 #CFE15A #5AE16D

monochromatic

#731EA3 #9727D7 #B05AE1 #C98EEA #E2C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B05AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B05AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B05AE1

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B05AE1	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.205 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8deb',
    500: '#b05ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05ae1;
$custom-light: #cb8deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.222,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.628,
    "c": 0.20517,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05AE1

secondary

#C5E4B2

accent

#D11459

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05AE1

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

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