#B59ADE#B59ADE

#B59ADE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ADE
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 23.36, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 38.69, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0535 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.1 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7937, 38.2089, 74.1610)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ADE #C3DE9A

analogous

#9AA1DE #B59ADE #D79ADE

triadic

#B59ADE #DEB59A #9ADEB5

tetradic

#B59ADE #DE9AA1 #C3DE9A #9ADED7

square

#B59ADE #DE9AA1 #C3DE9A #9ADED7

split-complementary

#B59ADE #DED79A #A1DE9A

monochromatic

#723EBF #936CCF #B59ADE #D7C8ED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B59ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ADE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ADE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e8',
    500: '#b59ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ade;
$custom-light: #ccb8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.824,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73477,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ADE

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BE2782

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ADE

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

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