#B59AEA#B59AEA

#B59AEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AEA
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 26.10, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 45.02, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0565 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.116 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4596, 38.8752, 82.9347)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AEA #CFEA9A

analogous

#9AA7EA #B59AEA #DD9AEA

triadic

#B59AEA #EAB59A #9AEAB5

tetradic

#B59AEA #EA9AA7 #CFEA9A #9AEADD

square

#B59AEA #EA9AA7 #CFEA9A #9AEADD

split-complementary

#B59AEA #EADD9A #A7EA9A

monochromatic

#6B35D5 #9067DF #B59AEA #DACDF5 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B59AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AEA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AEA	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f1',
    500: '#b59aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59aea;
$custom-light: #ccb8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.25,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AEA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CD1890

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AEA

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

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