#B59BCC#B59BCC

#B59BCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.075 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BCC
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 24%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 18.88, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 28.65, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0469 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.075 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6745, 37.6264, 62.1822)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BCC #B2CC9B

analogous

#9C9BCC #B59BCC #CC9BCA

triadic

#B59BCC #CCB59B #9BCCB5

tetradic

#B59BCC #CC9C9B #B2CC9B #9BCACC

square

#B59BCC #CC9C9B #B2CC9B #9BCACC

split-complementary

#B59BCC #CACC9B #9BCC9C

monochromatic

#79509D #9772B7 #B59BCC #D3C4E1 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B59BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BCC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BCC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.075 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8db',
    500: '#b59bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bcc;
$custom-light: #cbb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 32.45,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BCC

secondary

#E1E8DB

accent

#AB3A6F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BCC

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

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