#B59BF2#B59BF2

#B59BF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF2
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 242)
HSL	hsl(258, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 36%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 27.42, -40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 48.63, 304.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0569 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.125 297)
XYZ	xyz(46.8007, 39.6768, 89.1799)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF2 #D8F29B

analogous

#9BACF2 #B59BF2 #E09BF2

triadic

#B59BF2 #F2B59B #9BF2B5

tetradic

#B59BF2 #F29BAC #D8F29B #9BF2E0

square

#B59BF2 #F29BAC #D8F29B #9BF2E0

split-complementary

#B59BF2 #F2E09B #ACF29B

monochromatic

#652FE4 #8D65EB #B59BF2 #DDD1F9 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59BF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B59BF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF2

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF2	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A9F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8f6',
    500: '#b59bf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf2;
$custom-light: #ccb8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.931,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.39677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF2

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D90C9C

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF2

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

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