#B59BCB#B59BCB

#B59BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.074 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BCB
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 18.67, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 28.14, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0466 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.074 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5550, 37.5786, 61.5526)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BCB #B1CB9B

analogous

#9D9BCB #B59BCB #CB9BC9

triadic

#B59BCB #CBB59B #9BCBB5

tetradic

#B59BCB #CB9D9B #B1CB9B #9BC9CB

square

#B59BCB #CB9D9B #B1CB9B #9BC9CB

split-complementary

#B59BCB #C9CB9B #9BCB9D

monochromatic

#79519B #9773B6 #B59BCB #D3C3E0 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B59BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BCB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BCB	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.074 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8db',
    500: '#b59bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bcb;
$custom-light: #cbb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BCB

secondary

#E0E8DA

accent

#AA3B6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BCB

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

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