#B59AE2#B59AE2

#B59AE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AE2
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 24.27, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 40.80, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0545 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.106 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3362, 38.4259, 77.0179)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AE2 #C7E29A

analogous

#9AA3E2 #B59AE2 #D99AE2

triadic

#B59AE2 #E2B59A #9AE2B5

tetradic

#B59AE2 #E29AA3 #C7E29A #9AE2D9

square

#B59AE2 #E29AA3 #C7E29A #9AE2D9

split-complementary

#B59AE2 #E2D99A #A3E29A

monochromatic

#6F3BC7 #926AD4 #B59AE2 #D8CAF0 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B59AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AE2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AE2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8eb',
    500: '#b59ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ae2;
$custom-light: #ccb8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73651,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AE2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C32387

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AE2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →