#B59ACA#B59ACA

#B59ACA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.074 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ACA
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 23.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 19.02, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 28.28, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0478 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.074 310)
XYZ	xyz(41.2705, 37.1996, 60.8717)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ACA #AFCA9A

analogous

#9D9ACA #B59ACA #CA9AC7

triadic

#B59ACA #CAB59A #9ACAB5

tetradic

#B59ACA #CA9D9A #AFCA9A #9AC7CA

square

#B59ACA #CA9D9A #AFCA9A #9AC7CA

split-complementary

#B59ACA #C7CA9A #9ACA9D

monochromatic

#795099 #9872B5 #B59ACA #D2C2DF #F0EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B59ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ACA

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ACA	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.074 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8da',
    500: '#b59aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59aca;
$custom-light: #cbb8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 31.169,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.07429,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.37199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ACA

secondary

#DFE7D9

accent

#AA3C6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ACA

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

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