#B05AE4#B05AE4

#B05AE4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.208 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05AE4
RGB	rgb(176, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 57.79, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 80.64, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1353 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.208 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5616, 22.1446, 75.7847)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05AE4 #8EE45A

analogous

#6B5AE4 #B05AE4 #E45AD3

triadic

#B05AE4 #E4B05A #5AE4B0

tetradic

#B05AE4 #E46B5A #8EE45A #5AD3E4

square

#B05AE4 #E46B5A #8EE45A #5AD3E4

split-complementary

#B05AE4 #D3E45A #5AE46B

monochromatic

#731CA8 #9725DB #B05AE4 #C98FED #E2C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B05AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B05AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B05AE4

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B05AE4	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.208 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ded',
    500: '#b05ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05ae4;
$custom-light: #cb8ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.391,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62983,
    "c": 0.20828,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05AE4

secondary

#C7E6B4

accent

#D4125B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05AE4

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

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