#B59BF1#B59BF1

#B59BF1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.124 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF1
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 241)
HSL	hsl(258, 75%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 27.18, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 48.10, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0567 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.124 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6509, 39.6169, 88.3911)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF1 #D7F19B

analogous

#9BACF1 #B59BF1 #E09BF1

triadic

#B59BF1 #F1B59B #9BF1B5

tetradic

#B59BF1 #F19BAC #D7F19B #9BF1E0

square

#B59BF1 #F19BAC #D7F19B #9BF1E0

split-complementary

#B59BF1 #F1E09B #ACF19B

monochromatic

#6630E2 #8D65E9 #B59BF1 #DDD1F9 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59BF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B59BF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF1

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF1	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A9F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.124 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f6',
    500: '#b59bf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf1;
$custom-light: #ccb8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.14,
    "s": 75.439,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74515,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF1

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D80E9B

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF1

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

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