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violet · cool

#b062ff

a light, electric violet · cool · closest name: Medium Purple

Token name suggestion: Meadow Thistle

RGB
176, 98, 255
HSL
270°, 100%, 69%
CMYK
31, 62, 0, 0
Luminance
0.2519

#b062ff is a light electric violet, 270° on the wheel and 67/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.04:1). As text it scores 3.48:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Medium Purple, nearest Tailwind family is purple.

hsl(270 100% 69%)rgb(176 98 255)Base step 400AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b062ff is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b062ff
Hue
270°
violet
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
59%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2519
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
67/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
6.04:1
Closest name
Medium Purple
ΔE2000 7.2
Chroma
89.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.657
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
purple
500 · ΔE 3.6
Web-safe
#9966FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue270° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b062ff.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool67% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red37%
Green35%
Blue29%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#b062ff
HEX (8-digit)#b062ffff
RGBrgb(176, 98, 255)
RGBArgba(176, 98, 255, 1)
HSLhsl(270, 100%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 62%, 100%)
HWBhwb(270 38% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 62%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(57.3 59.9 -66.3)
LCHlch(57.3 89.4 312.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.657 0.226 303.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.32, 25.19, 97.33)
Decimal11559679
Display P3color(display-p3 0.690 0.384 1.000)
Web-safe#9966FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b062ff;
background-color: #b062ff;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b062ff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b062ff] bg-[#b062ff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b062ff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.690, green: 0.384, blue: 1.000)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.690, green: 0.384, blue: 1.000, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B062FF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB062FF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB062FF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(255, 98, 176)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(176, 98, 255)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(176, 98, 255)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 176, 98, 255)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6902f, 0.3843f, 1.0000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{176,98,255}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b062ff 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b062ff 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3F0080, #E0D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b062ff h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F1FE;
  --brand-100: #F0E3FC;
  --brand-200: #DEC0FC;
  --brand-300: #C78FFF;
  --brand-400: #b062ff;
  --brand-500: #8E1FFF;
  --brand-600: #7A00F5;
  --brand-700: #6500CC;
  --brand-800: #5100A3;
  --brand-900: #3D0576;
  --brand-950: #260349;
  --brand: #b062ff;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F4FA;
  --brand-border: #D6C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #9E3EFF;
  --brand-pressed: #8C1BFF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1C1424;
    --brand-ink: #E0D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F1FE',
        100: '#F0E3FC',
        200: '#DEC0FC',
        300: '#C78FFF',
        400: '#b062ff',
        500: '#8E1FFF',
        600: '#7A00F5',
        700: '#6500CC',
        800: '#5100A3',
        900: '#3D0576',
        950: '#260349',
        DEFAULT: '#b062ff',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F1FE,
  '100': #F0E3FC,
  '200': #DEC0FC,
  '300': #C78FFF,
  '400': #b062ff,
  '500': #8E1FFF,
  '600': #7A00F5,
  '700': #6500CC,
  '800': #5100A3,
  '900': #3D0576,
  '950': #260349,
);
$brand-base: #b062ff;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F1FE", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0E3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DEC0FC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C78FFF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#b062ff", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8E1FFF", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#7A00F5", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#6500CC", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5100A3", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3D0576", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#260349", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #b062ff · 6.04:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.48:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #b062ff as text scores 3.48:1 on white and 6.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #3F0080 at 3.96:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#9E3EFF · 4.58:1
AA on white−7% L
#9E3EFF
The quick fox
#7500EC · 7.08:1
AAA on white−23% L
#7500EC
The quick fox
#b062ff · 6.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b062ff
The quick fox
#BA76FF · 7.12:1
AAA on black+4% L
#BA76FF

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B062FF is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b062ff on white: 3.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b062ff on black: 6.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b062ff as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b062ff.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.48:1AaAa
Slate 503.32:1AaAa
Slate 1003.18:1AaAa
Slate 2002.82:1AaAa
Slate 3002.34:1AaAa
Slate 4001.36:1AaAa
Slate 5001.37:1AaAa
Slate 6002.18:1AaAa
Slate 7002.98:1AaAa
Slate 8004.21:1AaAa
Slate 9005.13:1AaAa
Black6.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0088FF
deuteranopia · #3689FB
tritanopia · #A183A8

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #b062ff is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F1FE
#F0E3FC
#DEC0FC
#C78FFF
#b062ff
#8E1FFF
#7A00F5
#6500CC
#5100A3
#3D0576
#260349
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F7F1FEDarkest = 950 · #260349Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.056 303.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.090 303.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.136 303.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.176 303.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.208 303.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.226 303.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.226 303.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.212 303.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.190 303.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.158 303.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.124 303.6);
}

Colors that work with #b062ff

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#D6C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#724B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#99CC00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3F0080
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2E5FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1C1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#9E3EFF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8C1BFF
Two steps down
Disabled#E9E4ED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BA76FF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #b062ff

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #3F0080
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight31/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#B1FF62
Analogous left#6262FF
Analogous right#FE62FF
Split-complement 1#FFFE62
Split-complement 2#62FF62
Triadic 1#FFB062
Triadic 2#62FFB0
Tetradic#FF6262
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°270°

#b062ff sits at 270°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red69.0%
Green38.4%
Blue100.0%
R · 0–255
176
0xb0
G · 0–255
98
0x62
B · 0–255
255
0xff

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.0%
Magenta61.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Total ink coverage is 93%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b062ff text on a black background

contrast 6.04:1

Card sample

#b062ff text on a white background

contrast 3.48:1

Card sample

#b062ff on grey

3.18:1

#b062ff on its own surface

3.19:1

#b062ff on its dark surface

5.14:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b062ff;
Background color
Panel with #b062ff background
background-color: #b062ff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b062ff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(176, 98, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(176, 98, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b062ff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b062ff, #FF62E5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b062ff, #FF62BE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b062ff;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b062ff;
caret-color: #b062ff;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b062ff;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2E5FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b062ff;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b062ff 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b062ff over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(176, 98, 255, 0.5)
rgb(176 98 255 / 50%)
#b062ff80
hsl(270 100% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b062ff 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b062ff1a#F7EFFF
20%#b062ff33#EFE0FF
40%#b062ff66#DFC0FF
60%#b062ff99#D0A1FF
80%#b062ffcc#C081FF

Gradients from #b062ff

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #CF9FFF, #b062ff 45%, #3F0080);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b062ff, #FF43D1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b062ff, #B1FF62);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DEBEFF 0%, #b062ff 45%, #3F0080 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #959EFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FF81F5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3F0080 0%, transparent 65%), #b062ff;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b062ff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#b062ff in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 6.04:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#b062ff, answered

What color is #b062ff?

#b062ff is a light electric violet, closest to Medium Purple (ΔE2000 7.2). It sits at 270° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #b062ff?

rgb(176, 98, 255) — 176 red, 98 green and 255 blue out of 255, or 69% / 38.4% / 100% by channel.

What is #b062ff in HSL and HSV?

hsl(270, 100%, 69%) and hsv(270, 62%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b062ff a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2519 and perceived brightness is 59%, so black text on it reaches 6.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b062ff?

Black. It scores 6.04:1 against #b062ff, versus 3.48:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #b062ff accessible on a white background?

#b062ff on white scores 3.48:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #9E3EFF to reach 4.5:1, or #7500EC for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b062ff?

#B1FF62 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FFFE62 and #62FF62, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b062ff?

For interface work: #F7F4FA as the surface, #D6C0ED for borders, #724B9B for secondary text, #99CC00 as an accent and #3F0080 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #6262FF and #FE62FF stays calm, while #B1FF62 is the loudest partner.

What is #b062ff in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 62%, 0%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #b062ff warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 67 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EA62FF; nudged cooler, #7662FF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b062ff?

The purple family — its 500 step is #a855f7, ΔE2000 3.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b062ff as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b062ff in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b062ff] or text-[#b062ff], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #b062ff with 50% opacity?

rgba(176, 98, 255, 0.5), or #b062ff80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D8B1FF; over black, #583180.

Is #b062ff a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9966FF, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b062ff mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #b062ff?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CF9FFF, #b062ff 45%, #3F0080). For more colour, a short hue run to #FF43D1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b062ff in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b062ff at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.