#B59AEF#B59AEF

#B59AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.123 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AEF
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 35.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 27.27, -39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 47.67, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0576 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.123 298)
XYZ	xyz(46.1881, 39.1666, 86.7712)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AEF #D4EF9A

analogous

#9AAAEF #B59AEF #E09AEF

triadic

#B59AEF #EFB59A #9AEFB5

tetradic

#B59AEF #EF9AAA #D4EF9A #9AEFE0

square

#B59AEF #EF9AAA #D4EF9A #9AEFE0

split-complementary

#B59AEF #EFE09A #AAEF9A

monochromatic

#6830DE #8E65E7 #B59AEF #DCCFF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B59AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AEF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AEF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.123 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f4',
    500: '#b59aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59aef;
$custom-light: #ccb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.059,
    "s": 72.65,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.39167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AEF

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D51196

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AEF

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

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