#B59BDF#B59BDF

#B59BDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.100 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BDF
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 23.03, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 38.58, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0523 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.1 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0939, 38.5941, 74.9242)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BDF #C5DF9B

analogous

#9BA3DF #B59BDF #D79BDF

triadic

#B59BDF #DFB59B #9BDFB5

tetradic

#B59BDF #DF9BA3 #C5DF9B #9BDFD7

square

#B59BDF #DF9BA3 #C5DF9B #9BDFD7

split-complementary

#B59BDF #DFD79B #A3DF9B

monochromatic

#703EC1 #936DD0 #B59BDF #D7C9EE #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B59BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BDF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BDF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.100 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8e9',
    500: '#b59bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bdf;
$custom-light: #ccb8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73706,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BDF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BF2785

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BDF

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

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