#B59BF0#B59BF0

#B59BF0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF0
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 240)
HSL	hsl(258, 74%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 35.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 26.95, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 47.57, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0565 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.123 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5020, 39.5573, 87.6066)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF0 #D6F09B

analogous

#9BACF0 #B59BF0 #E09BF0

triadic

#B59BF0 #F0B59B #9BF0B5

tetradic

#B59BF0 #F09BAC #D6F09B #9BF0E0

square

#B59BF0 #F09BAC #D6F09B #9BF0E0

split-complementary

#B59BF0 #F0E09B #ACF09B

monochromatic

#6631E0 #8E66E8 #B59BF0 #DCD0F8 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B59BF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B59BF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF0

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF0	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f5',
    500: '#b59bf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf0;
$custom-light: #ccb8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.353,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74468,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF0

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D60F99

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF0

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

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