#B59BEE#B59BEE

#B59BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BEE
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 26.48, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 46.51, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.056 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.12 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2065, 39.4392, 86.0505)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BEE #D4EE9B

analogous

#9BABEE #B59BEE #DE9BEE

triadic

#B59BEE #EEB59B #9BEEB5

tetradic

#B59BEE #EE9BAB #D4EE9B #9BEEDE

square

#B59BEE #EE9BAB #D4EE9B #9BEEDE

split-complementary

#B59BEE #EEDE9B #ABEE9B

monochromatic

#6832DC #8E67E5 #B59BEE #DCCFF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B59BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B59BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BEE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BEE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f4',
    500: '#b59bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bee;
$custom-light: #ccb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.795,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74375,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BEE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31397

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BEE

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

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