#B59AEC#B59AEC

#B59AEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AEC
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 34.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 26.57, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 46.08, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.057 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.119 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7486, 38.9908, 84.4564)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AEC #D1EC9A

analogous

#9AA8EC #B59AEC #DE9AEC

triadic

#B59AEC #ECB59A #9AECB5

tetradic

#B59AEC #EC9AA8 #D1EC9A #9AECDE

square

#B59AEC #EC9AA8 #D1EC9A #9AECDE

split-complementary

#B59AEC #ECDE9A #A8EC9A

monochromatic

#6A33D9 #8F66E2 #B59AEC #DBCEF6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B59AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AEC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AEC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f2',
    500: '#b59aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59aec;
$custom-light: #ccb8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.756,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AEC

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D01593

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AEC

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

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