#B59BE2#B59BE2

#B59BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BE2
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 23.71, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 40.17, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0531 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.104 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5019, 38.7573, 77.0732)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BE2 #C8E29B

analogous

#9BA5E2 #B59BE2 #D99BE2

triadic

#B59BE2 #E2B59B #9BE2B5

tetradic

#B59BE2 #E29BA5 #C8E29B #9BE2D9

square

#B59BE2 #E29BA5 #C8E29B #9BE2D9

split-complementary

#B59BE2 #E2D99B #A5E29B

monochromatic

#6F3CC6 #926CD4 #B59BE2 #D8CAF0 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B59BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BE2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BE2	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8eb',
    500: '#b59be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59be2;
$custom-light: #ccb8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73836,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BE2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C32388

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BE2

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

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