#B59BE4#B59BE4

#B59BE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BE4
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 24.16, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 41.22, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0536 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.107 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7780, 38.8677, 78.5269)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BE4 #CAE49B

analogous

#9BA5E4 #B59BE4 #D99BE4

triadic

#B59BE4 #E4B59B #9BE4B5

tetradic

#B59BE4 #E49BA5 #CAE49B #9BE4D9

square

#B59BE4 #E49BA5 #CAE49B #9BE4D9

split-complementary

#B59BE4 #E4D99B #A5E49B

monochromatic

#6E3BCA #916BD7 #B59BE4 #D9CBF1 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B59BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BE4

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BE4	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8ec',
    500: '#b59be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59be4;
$custom-light: #ccb8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.37,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BE4

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C5208A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BE4

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

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