#B05AE8#B05AE8

#B05AE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.212 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05AE8
RGB	rgb(176, 90, 232)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 61.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 58.66, -58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 82.57, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1352 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.212 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1233, 22.3693, 78.7430)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05AE8 #92E85A

analogous

#695AE8 #B05AE8 #E85AD9

triadic

#B05AE8 #E8B05A #5AE8B0

tetradic

#B05AE8 #E8695A #92E85A #5AD9E8

square

#B05AE8 #E8695A #92E85A #5AD9E8

split-complementary

#B05AE8 #D9E85A #5AE869

monochromatic

#7418AF #9624E1 #B05AE8 #CA90EF #E3C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B05AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B05AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B05AE8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B05AE8	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 90, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.212 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8df0',
    500: '#b05ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05ae8;
$custom-light: #cb8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.338,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63231,
    "c": 0.21243,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05AE8

secondary

#CAE8B5

accent

#D80E5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05AE8

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

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