#B59BDA#B59BDA

#B59BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.093 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BDA
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 21.91, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 35.95, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.051 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.093 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4297, 38.3285, 71.4262)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BDA #C0DA9B

analogous

#9BA0DA #B59BDA #D49BDA

triadic

#B59BDA #DAB59B #9BDAB5

tetradic

#B59BDA #DA9BA0 #C0DA9B #9BDAD4

square

#B59BDA #DA9BA0 #C0DA9B #9BDAD4

split-complementary

#B59BDA #DAD49B #A0DA9B

monochromatic

#7344B7 #946EC9 #B59BDA #D6C8EB #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B59BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BDA

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BDA	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.093 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e5',
    500: '#b59bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bda;
$custom-light: #ccb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.762,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73493,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BDA

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B92C7F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BDA

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

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