#B59BD3#B59BD3

#B59BD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.084 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BD3
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 211)
HSL	hsl(268, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 20.38, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 32.28, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.049 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.084 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5330, 37.9698, 66.7036)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BD3 #B9D39B

analogous

#9B9DD3 #B59BD3 #D19BD3

triadic

#B59BD3 #D3B59B #9BD3B5

tetradic

#B59BD3 #D39B9D #B9D39B #9BD3D1

square

#B59BD3 #D39B9D #B9D39B #9BD3D1

split-complementary

#B59BD3 #D3D19B #9DD39B

monochromatic

#764AA9 #9671C0 #B59BD3 #D4C6E6 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B59BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BD3

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BD3	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.084 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8e0',
    500: '#b59bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bd3;
$custom-light: #cbb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BD3

secondary

#E5ECDE

accent

#B23477

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BD3

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

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