#B59BC3#B59BC3

#B59BC3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.064 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B59BC3
RGBrgb(181, 155, 195)
HSLhsl(279, 25%, 69%)
HSVhsv(279, 21%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(7.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.43, 17.02, -17.02)
CIE-LCHlch(67.43, 24.07, 315.00°)
OKLaboklab(72.58% 0.044 -0.046)
OKLCHoklch(72.58% 0.064 313.7)
XYZxyz(40.6261, 37.2070, 56.6606)
Luminance0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B59BC3 #A9C39B
analogous
#A19BC3 #B59BC3 #C39BBD
triadic
#B59BC3 #C3B59B #9BC3B5
tetradic
#B59BC3 #C3A19B #A9C39B #9BBDC3
square
#B59BC3 #C3A19B #A9C39B #9BBDC3
split-complementary
#B59BC3 #BDC39B #9BC3A1
monochromatic
#7A558E #9975AC #B59BC3 #D1C1DA #EEE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#B59BC3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44
#B59BC3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BC3
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B59BC3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B59BC31.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96A3C5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA5C2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B4A0A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b59bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.064 313.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d5',
    500: '#b59bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b59bc3;
$custom-light: #cbb8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b59bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.0637,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B59BC3
secondary
#DBE3D7
accent
#A44264
background
#FCFBFD
surface
#F8F6FA
border
#D1D0D3
text
#131114
muted
#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BC3

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#B59BC3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva