#B05CA5#B05CA5

#B05CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.143 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05CA5
RGB	rgb(176, 92, 165)
HSL	hsl(308, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(308, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 6.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 44.30, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 50.61, 331.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.1264 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.143 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5230, 19.6027, 37.8714)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05CA5 #5CB067

analogous

#915CB0 #B05CA5 #B05C7B

triadic

#B05CA5 #A5B05C #5CA5B0

tetradic

#B05CA5 #B0915C #5CB067 #5C7BB0

square

#B05CA5 #B0915C #5CB067 #5C7BB0

split-complementary

#B05CA5 #7BB05C #5CB091

monochromatic

#62305B #8B4482 #B05CA5 #C485BC #D8AED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B05CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B05CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B05CA5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B05CA5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A73A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 92, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.143 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98dc0',
    500: '#b05ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05ca5;
$custom-light: #c98dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.857,
    "s": 34.711,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59898,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05CA5

secondary

#A2C6A6

accent

#CB6B5D

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9F0F7

border

#D2CBD0

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05CA5

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

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