#B59BD2#B59BD2

#B59BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.083 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BD2
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(268, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 20.16, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 31.76, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0487 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.083 306)
XYZ	xyz(42.4081, 37.9198, 66.0454)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BD2 #B8D29B

analogous

#9B9DD2 #B59BD2 #D19BD2

triadic

#B59BD2 #D2B59B #9BD2B5

tetradic

#B59BD2 #D29B9D #B8D29B #9BD2D1

square

#B59BD2 #D29B9D #B8D29B #9BD2D1

split-complementary

#B59BD2 #D2D19B #9DD29B

monochromatic

#774BA7 #9671BF #B59BD2 #D4C5E5 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B59BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BD2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BD2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.083 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8e0',
    500: '#b59bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bd2;
$custom-light: #cbb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73163,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.3792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BD2

secondary

#E5EBDD

accent

#B13576

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BD2

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

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