#B59AE9#B59AE9

#B59AE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AE9
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 25.87, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 44.49, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0563 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.115 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3164, 38.8179, 82.1802)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AE9 #CEE99A

analogous

#9AA6E9 #B59AE9 #DC9AE9

triadic

#B59AE9 #E9B59A #9AE9B5

tetradic

#B59AE9 #E99AA6 #CEE99A #9AE9DC

square

#B59AE9 #E99AA6 #CEE99A #9AE9DC

split-complementary

#B59AE9 #E9DC9A #A6E99A

monochromatic

#6B35D3 #9068DE #B59AE9 #DACCF4 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B59AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AE9

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AE9	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f0',
    500: '#b59ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ae9;
$custom-light: #ccb8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.506,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73964,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AE9

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CC198F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AE9

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

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