#B59AEB#B59AEB

#B59AEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AEB
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 26.34, -37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 45.55, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0567 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.118 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6037, 38.9329, 83.6934)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AEB #D0EB9A

analogous

#9AA8EB #B59AEB #DE9AEB

triadic

#B59AEB #EBB59A #9AEBB5

tetradic

#B59AEB #EB9AA8 #D0EB9A #9AEBDE

square

#B59AEB #EB9AA8 #D0EB9A #9AEBDE

split-complementary

#B59AEB #EBDE9A #A8EB9A

monochromatic

#6A34D7 #9067E1 #B59AEB #DACDF5 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B59AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AEB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AEB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f1',
    500: '#b59aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59aeb;
$custom-light: #ccb8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AEB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF1791

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AEB

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

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