#B59ACE#B59ACE

#B59ACE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.079 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ACE
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 19.87, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 30.33, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.049 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.079 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7502, 37.3915, 63.3984)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ACE #B3CE9A

analogous

#9B9ACE #B59ACE #CE9ACD

triadic

#B59ACE #CEB59A #9ACEB5

tetradic

#B59ACE #CE9B9A #B3CE9A #9ACDCE

square

#B59ACE #CE9B9A #B3CE9A #9ACDCE

split-complementary

#B59ACE #CDCE9A #9ACE9B

monochromatic

#784EA0 #9771BA #B59ACE #D3C3E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B59ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B59ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ACE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ACE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.079 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8dd',
    500: '#b59ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ace;
$custom-light: #cbb8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.07943,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ACE

secondary

#E2E9DB

accent

#AE3870

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ACE

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

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