#B59BF3#B59BF3

#B59BF3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF3
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 243)
HSL	hsl(258, 79%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 36%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 36.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 27.66, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 49.16, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0571 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.127 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9513, 39.7371, 89.9731)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF3 #D9F39B

analogous

#9BADF3 #B59BF3 #E19BF3

triadic

#B59BF3 #F3B59B #9BF3B5

tetradic

#B59BF3 #F39BAD #D9F39B #9BF3E1

square

#B59BF3 #F39BAD #D9F39B #9BF3E1

split-complementary

#B59BF3 #F3E19B #ADF39B

monochromatic

#642EE6 #8D64EC #B59BF3 #DDD2FA #EBE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59BF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B59BF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF3

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF3	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84AAF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A8F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8f7',
    500: '#b59bf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf3;
$custom-light: #cdb8f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74609,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF3

secondary

#EBF4D7

accent

#DB0B9D

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF3

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

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