#B59BCD#B59BCD

#B59BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.076 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BCD
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 19.10, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 29.17, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0472 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.076 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7949, 37.6745, 62.8159)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BCD #B3CD9B

analogous

#9C9BCD #B59BCD #CD9BCC

triadic

#B59BCD #CDB59B #9BCDB5

tetradic

#B59BCD #CD9C9B #B3CD9B #9BCCCD

square

#B59BCD #CD9C9B #B3CD9B #9BCCCD

split-complementary

#B59BCD #CCCD9B #9BCD9C

monochromatic

#784F9E #9772B9 #B59BCD #D3C4E1 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B59BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BCD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BCD	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)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.076 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8dc',
    500: '#b59bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bcd;
$custom-light: #cbb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72963,
    "c": 0.07639,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BCD

secondary

#E2E9DB

accent

#AC3970

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BCD

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

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