#B59AFA#B59AFA

#B59AFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59AFA
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 250)
HSL	hsl(257, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 29.89, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 53.48, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0599 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.137 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8628, 39.8365, 95.5915)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59AFA #DFFA9A

analogous

#9AAFFA #B59AFA #E59AFA

triadic

#B59AFA #FAB59A #9AFAB5

tetradic

#B59AFA #FA9AAF #DFFA9A #9AFAE5

square

#B59AFA #FA9AAF #DFFA9A #9AFAE5

split-complementary

#B59AFA #FAE59A #AFFA9A

monochromatic

#6025F4 #8A60F7 #B59AFA #E0D4FD #EAE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59AFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B59AFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59AFA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59AFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59AFA	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80AAFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59afa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8fc',
    500: '#b59afa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59afa;
$custom-light: #cdb8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59afa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 90.566,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74764,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59AFA

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59AFA

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

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