#B59ADD#B59ADD

#B59ADD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ADD
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 23.14, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 38.17, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0532 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.099 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6601, 38.1554, 73.4572)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ADD #C2DD9A

analogous

#9AA0DD #B59ADD #D69ADD

triadic

#B59ADD #DDB59A #9ADDB5

tetradic

#B59ADD #DD9AA0 #C2DD9A #9ADDD6

square

#B59ADD #DD9AA0 #C2DD9A #9ADDD6

split-complementary

#B59ADD #DDD69A #A0DD9A

monochromatic

#7240BD #936CCE #B59ADD #D7C8EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B59ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ADD

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ADD	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e7',
    500: '#b59add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59add;
$custom-light: #ccb8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.179,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ADD

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD2981

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ADD

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

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