#B59BEC#B59BEC

#B59BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BEC
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 26.01, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 45.45, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0556 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.117 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9143, 39.3223, 84.5116)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BEC #D2EC9B

analogous

#9BAAEC #B59BEC #DE9BEC

triadic

#B59BEC #ECB59B #9BECB5

tetradic

#B59BEC #EC9BAA #D2EC9B #9BECDE

square

#B59BEC #EC9BAA #D2EC9B #9BECDE

split-complementary

#B59BEC #ECDE9B #AAEC9B

monochromatic

#6934D8 #8F68E2 #B59BEC #DBCEF6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B59BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B59BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BEC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BEC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f2',
    500: '#b59bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bec;
$custom-light: #ccb8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.259,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BEC

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D01694

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BEC

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

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