#B59BDD#B59BDD

#B59BDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BDD
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 22.58, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 37.53, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0518 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.097 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8258, 38.4869, 73.5125)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BDD #C3DD9B

analogous

#9BA2DD #B59BDD #D69BDD

triadic

#B59BDD #DDB59B #9BDDB5

tetradic

#B59BDD #DD9BA2 #C3DD9B #9BDDD6

square

#B59BDD #DD9BA2 #C3DD9B #9BDDD6

split-complementary

#B59BDD #DDD69B #A2DD9B

monochromatic

#7240BD #936DCD #B59BDD #D7C9ED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B59BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BDD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BDD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e7',
    500: '#b59bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bdd;
$custom-light: #ccb8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.636,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7362,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BDD

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BD2982

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BDD

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

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