#B59BCA#B59BCA

#B59BCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.073 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BCA
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(273, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 18.46, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 27.62, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0463 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.073 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4362, 37.5310, 60.9270)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BCA #B0CA9B

analogous

#9D9BCA #B59BCA #CA9BC8

triadic

#B59BCA #CAB59B #9BCAB5

tetradic

#B59BCA #CA9D9B #B0CA9B #9BC8CA

square

#B59BCA #CA9D9B #B0CA9B #9BC8CA

split-complementary

#B59BCA #C8CA9B #9BCA9D

monochromatic

#795199 #9773B5 #B59BCA #D3C3DF #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B59BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BCA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BCA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.073 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8da',
    500: '#b59bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bca;
$custom-light: #cbb8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72846,
    "c": 0.07253,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BCA

secondary

#E0E7DA

accent

#A93C6D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BCA

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

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