#B591CB#B591CB

#B591CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.091 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B591CB
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 24.27, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 34.68, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0615 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.091 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9591, 34.3869, 61.0206)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B591CB #A7CB91

analogous

#9891CB #B591CB #CB91C4

triadic

#B591CB #CBB591 #91CBB5

tetradic

#B591CB #CB9891 #A7CB91 #91C4CB

square

#B591CB #CB9891 #A7CB91 #91C4CB

split-complementary

#B591CB #C4CB91 #91CB98

monochromatic

#7B4899 #9967B7 #B591CB #D1BBDF #EDE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B591CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B591CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B591CB

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B591CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B591CB	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B398A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b591cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.091 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb1db',
    500: '#b591cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b591cb;
$custom-light: #cbb1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b591cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7101,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B591CB

secondary

#DAE5D3

accent

#AF3764

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F5FB

border

#D1CFD4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B591CB

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

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