#B59BDE#B59BDE

#B59BDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.099 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BDE
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 222)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 22.80, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 38.06, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0521 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.099 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9595, 38.5403, 74.2162)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BDE #C4DE9B

analogous

#9BA3DE #B59BDE #D79BDE

triadic

#B59BDE #DEB59B #9BDEB5

tetradic

#B59BDE #DE9BA3 #C4DE9B #9BDED7

square

#B59BDE #DE9BA3 #C4DE9B #9BDED7

split-complementary

#B59BDE #DED79B #A3DE9B

monochromatic

#713FBF #936DCF #B59BDE #D7C9ED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B59BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BDE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BDE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.099 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e8',
    500: '#b59bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bde;
$custom-light: #ccb8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.284,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73663,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BDE

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BE2884

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BDE

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

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