#B59AEE#B59AEE

#B59AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AEE
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 27.04, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 47.14, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0574 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.122 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0408, 39.1077, 85.9953)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AEE #D3EE9A

analogous

#9AA9EE #B59AEE #DF9AEE

triadic

#B59AEE #EEB59A #9AEEB5

tetradic

#B59AEE #EE9AA9 #D3EE9A #9AEEDF

square

#B59AEE #EE9AA9 #D3EE9A #9AEEDF

split-complementary

#B59AEE #EEDF9A #A9EE9A

monochromatic

#6831DC #8F66E5 #B59AEE #DBCEF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B59AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AEE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AEE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f4',
    500: '#b59aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59aee;
$custom-light: #ccb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AEE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31295

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AEE

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

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