#B59ADA#B59ADA

#B59ADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.095 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ADA
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 22.47, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 36.59, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0524 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.095 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2640, 37.9970, 71.3710)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ADA #BFDA9A

analogous

#9A9FDA #B59ADA #D59ADA

triadic

#B59ADA #DAB59A #9ADAB5

tetradic

#B59ADA #DA9A9F #BFDA9A #9ADAD5

square

#B59ADA #DA9A9F #BFDA9A #9ADAD5

split-complementary

#B59ADA #DAD59A #9FDA9A

monochromatic

#7443B7 #946DCA #B59ADA #D6C7EA #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B59ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ADA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ADA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.095 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e5',
    500: '#b59ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ada;
$custom-light: #ccb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.313,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ADA

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BA2C7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ADA

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

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