#B59BED#B59BED

#B59BED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BED
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 26.24, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 45.98, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0558 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.119 298)
XYZ	xyz(46.0600, 39.3806, 85.2789)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BED #D3ED9B

analogous

#9BAAED #B59BED #DE9BED

triadic

#B59BED #EDB59B #9BEDB5

tetradic

#B59BED #ED9BAA #D3ED9B #9BEDDE

square

#B59BED #ED9BAA #D3ED9B #9BEDDE

split-complementary

#B59BED #EDDE9B #AAED9B

monochromatic

#6833DA #8F67E4 #B59BED #DBCFF6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B59BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B59BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BED

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BED	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f3',
    500: '#b59bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bed;
$custom-light: #ccb8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74329,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.39381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BED

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D11495

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BED

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

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