#B59BDC#B59BDC

#B59BDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BDC
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 29.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 22.36, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 37.00, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0515 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.096 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6930, 38.4338, 72.8129)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BDC #C2DC9B

analogous

#9BA1DC #B59BDC #D59BDC

triadic

#B59BDC #DCB59B #9BDCB5

tetradic

#B59BDC #DC9BA1 #C2DC9B #9BDCD5

square

#B59BDC #DC9BA1 #C2DC9B #9BDCD5

split-complementary

#B59BDC #DCD59B #A1DC9B

monochromatic

#7241BB #936ECC #B59BDC #D7C8EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B59BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BDC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BDC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e7',
    500: '#b59bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bdc;
$custom-light: #ccb8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BDC

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BB2A81

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BDC

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

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