#B59BCF#B59BCF

#B59BCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.079 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BCF
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 207)
HSL	hsl(270, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 25.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 19.52, -23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 30.20, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0478 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.079 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0378, 37.7717, 64.0954)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BCF #B5CF9B

analogous

#9B9BCF #B59BCF #CF9BCF

triadic

#B59BCF #CFB59B #9BCFB5

tetradic

#B59BCF #CF9B9B #B5CF9B #9BCFCF

square

#B59BCF #CF9B9B #B5CF9B #9BCFCF

split-complementary

#B59BCF #CFCF9B #9BCF9B

monochromatic

#784EA2 #9672BB #B59BCF #D4C4E3 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B59BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BCF

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BCF	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.079 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8dd',
    500: '#b59bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bcf;
$custom-light: #cbb8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BCF

secondary

#E3EADC

accent

#AE3873

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BCF

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

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