#B05BE5#B05BE5

#B05BE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.208 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05BE5
RGB	rgb(176, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 57.52, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 80.58, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1341 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.208 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7857, 22.3701, 76.5463)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05BE5 #90E55B

analogous

#6B5BE5 #B05BE5 #E55BD5

triadic

#B05BE5 #E5B05B #5BE5B0

tetradic

#B05BE5 #E56B5B #90E55B #5BD5E5

square

#B05BE5 #E56B5B #90E55B #5BD5E5

split-complementary

#B05BE5 #D5E55B #5BE56B

monochromatic

#731BAB #9726DD #B05BE5 #C990ED #E3C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B05BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B05BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B05BE5

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B05BE5	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)

#227EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.208 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8eee',
    500: '#b05be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05be5;
$custom-light: #cb8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.957,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63174,
    "c": 0.20791,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05BE5

secondary

#C8E7B5

accent

#D5115C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05BE5

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

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