#B59BC8#B59BC8

#B59BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.070 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BC8
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 18.05, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 26.60, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0457 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.07 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2009, 37.4369, 59.6879)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BC8 #AEC89B

analogous

#9F9BC8 #B59BC8 #C89BC4

triadic

#B59BC8 #C8B59B #9BC8B5

tetradic

#B59BC8 #C89F9B #AEC89B #9BC4C8

square

#B59BC8 #C89F9B #AEC89B #9BC4C8

split-complementary

#B59BC8 #C4C89B #9BC89F

monochromatic

#7A5396 #9874B2 #B59BC8 #D2C2DE #EFEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B59BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BC8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BC8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.070 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d8',
    500: '#b59bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bc8;
$custom-light: #cbb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72769,
    "c": 0.06999,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BC8

secondary

#DEE6D9

accent

#A83E6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BC8

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

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