#B59BE0#B59BE0

#B59BE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.101 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BE0
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 224)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 23.25, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 39.11, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0526 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.101 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2291, 38.6482, 75.6363)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BE0 #C6E09B

analogous

#9BA4E0 #B59BE0 #D89BE0

triadic

#B59BE0 #E0B59B #9BE0B5

tetradic

#B59BE0 #E09BA4 #C6E09B #9BE0D8

square

#B59BE0 #E09BA4 #C6E09B #9BE0D8

split-complementary

#B59BE0 #E0D89B #A4E09B

monochromatic

#703EC3 #926CD2 #B59BE0 #D8CAEE #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B59BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BE0

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BE0	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.101 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8ea',
    500: '#b59be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59be0;
$custom-light: #ccb8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.609,
    "s": 52.672,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BE0

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C02586

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BE0

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

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