#B59BC5#B59BC5

#B59BC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.066 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BC5
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(277, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 17.43, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 25.08, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0447 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.066 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8538, 37.2981, 57.8595)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BC5 #ABC59B

analogous

#A09BC5 #B59BC5 #C59BC0

triadic

#B59BC5 #C5B59B #9BC5B5

tetradic

#B59BC5 #C5A09B #ABC59B #9BC0C5

square

#B59BC5 #C5A09B #ABC59B #9BC0C5

split-complementary

#B59BC5 #C0C59B #9BC5A0

monochromatic

#7A5491 #9874AF #B59BC5 #D2C2DB #EEE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B59BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B59BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BC5

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BC5	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.066 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d6',
    500: '#b59bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bc5;
$custom-light: #cbb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.0662,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BC5

secondary

#DCE4D8

accent

#A54067

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BC5

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

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