#B59BEA#B59BEA

#B59BEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BEA
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 25.54, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 44.40, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0551 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.115 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6254, 39.2067, 82.9899)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BEA #D0EA9B

analogous

#9BA9EA #B59BEA #DD9BEA

triadic

#B59BEA #EAB59B #9BEAB5

tetradic

#B59BEA #EA9BA9 #D0EA9B #9BEADD

square

#B59BEA #EA9BA9 #D0EA9B #9BEADD

split-complementary

#B59BEA #EADD9B #A9EA9B

monochromatic

#6A36D5 #9068DF #B59BEA #DACEF5 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B59BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BEA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BEA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f1',
    500: '#b59bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bea;
$custom-light: #ccb8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.747,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BEA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CD1892

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BEA

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

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