#B05AE3#B05AE3

#B05AE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.207 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05AE3
RGB	rgb(176, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 57.57, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 80.16, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1353 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.207 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4232, 22.0892, 75.0557)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05AE3 #8DE35A

analogous

#6C5AE3 #B05AE3 #E35AD2

triadic

#B05AE3 #E3B05A #5AE3B0

tetradic

#B05AE3 #E36C5A #8DE35A #5AD2E3

square

#B05AE3 #E36C5A #8DE35A #5AD2E3

split-complementary

#B05AE3 #D2E35A #5AE36C

monochromatic

#731CA6 #9726DA #B05AE3 #C98EEC #E2C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B05AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B05AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B05AE3

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B05AE3	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)

#227DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.207 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8dec',
    500: '#b05ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05ae3;
$custom-light: #cb8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.664,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62922,
    "c": 0.20725,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05AE3

secondary

#C6E6B3

accent

#D3125A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05AE3

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

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