#B59BEF#B59BEF

#B59BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BEF
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 35.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 26.71, -38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 47.04, 304.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0563 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.121 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3538, 39.4981, 86.8264)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BEF #D5EF9B

analogous

#9BABEF #B59BEF #DF9BEF

triadic

#B59BEF #EFB59B #9BEFB5

tetradic

#B59BEF #EF9BAB #D5EF9B #9BEFDF

square

#B59BEF #EF9BAB #D5EF9B #9BEFDF

split-complementary

#B59BEF #EFDF9B #ABEF9B

monochromatic

#6731DE #8E66E7 #B59BEF #DCD0F7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B59BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B59BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BEF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BEF	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f4',
    500: '#b59bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bef;
$custom-light: #ccb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BEF

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D41198

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BEF

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

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