#B591C8#B591C8

#B591C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.088 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B591C8
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 33%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 23.64, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 33.17, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0607 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.088 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6051, 34.2453, 59.1560)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B591C8 #A4C891

analogous

#9A91C8 #B591C8 #C891BF

triadic

#B591C8 #C8B591 #91C8B5

tetradic

#B591C8 #C89A91 #A4C891 #91BFC8

square

#B591C8 #C89A91 #A4C891 #91BFC8

split-complementary

#B591C8 #BFC891 #91C89A

monochromatic

#7B4A94 #9A68B4 #B591C8 #D0BADC #ECE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B591C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B591C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B591C8

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B591C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B591C8	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B498A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b591c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.088 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb1d8',
    500: '#b591c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b591c8;
$custom-light: #cbb1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b591c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70888,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B591C8

secondary

#D8E3D2

accent

#AC3961

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FA

border

#D1CFD3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B591C8

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

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