#B59BE7#B59BE7

#B59BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.111 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BE7
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 24.85, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 42.81, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0544 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.111 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1980, 39.0358, 80.7393)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BE7 #CDE79B

analogous

#9BA7E7 #B59BE7 #DB9BE7

triadic

#B59BE7 #E7B59B #9BE7B5

tetradic

#B59BE7 #E79BA7 #CDE79B #9BE7DB

square

#B59BE7 #E79BA7 #CDE79B #9BE7DB

split-complementary

#B59BE7 #E7DB9B #A7E79B

monochromatic

#6C38CF #906ADB #B59BE7 #DACCF3 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B59BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BE7

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BE7	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.111 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8ef',
    500: '#b59be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59be7;
$custom-light: #ccb8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74057,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BE7

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C91D8E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BE7

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

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