#B59BE3#B59BE3

#B59BE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.105 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BE3
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 23.93, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 40.69, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0534 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.105 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6396, 38.8124, 77.7979)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BE3 #C9E39B

analogous

#9BA5E3 #B59BE3 #D99BE3

triadic

#B59BE3 #E3B59B #9BE3B5

tetradic

#B59BE3 #E39BA5 #C9E39B #9BE3D9

square

#B59BE3 #E39BA5 #C9E39B #9BE3D9

split-complementary

#B59BE3 #E3D99B #A5E39B

monochromatic

#6E3BC8 #926BD6 #B59BE3 #D8CBF0 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B59BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BE3

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BE3	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.105 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8ec',
    500: '#b59be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59be3;
$custom-light: #ccb8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BE3

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C42289

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BE3

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

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