#B59BEB#B59BEB

#B59BEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BEB
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 25.78, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 44.92, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0553 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.116 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7694, 39.2643, 83.7486)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BEB #D1EB9B

analogous

#9BA9EB #B59BEB #DD9BEB

triadic

#B59BEB #EBB59B #9BEBB5

tetradic

#B59BEB #EB9BA9 #D1EB9B #9BEBDD

square

#B59BEB #EB9BA9 #D1EB9B #9BEBDD

split-complementary

#B59BEB #EBDD9B #A9EB9B

monochromatic

#6A35D7 #8F68E1 #B59BEB #DBCEF5 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B59BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B59BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BEB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BEB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f1',
    500: '#b59beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59beb;
$custom-light: #ccb8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BEB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CF1793

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BEB

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

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