#B59BF4#B59BF4

#B59BF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF4
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 244)
HSL	hsl(258, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 27.89, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 49.69, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0573 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.128 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1027, 39.7976, 90.7706)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF4 #DAF49B

analogous

#9BADF4 #B59BF4 #E19BF4

triadic

#B59BF4 #F4B59B #9BF4B5

tetradic

#B59BF4 #F49BAD #DAF49B #9BF4E1

square

#B59BF4 #F49BAD #DAF49B #9BF4E1

split-complementary

#B59BF4 #F4E19B #ADF49B

monochromatic

#632DE8 #8C64EE #B59BF4 #DED2FA #EBE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59BF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B59BF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF4	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84AAF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A8F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8f8',
    500: '#b59bf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf4;
$custom-light: #cdb8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.528,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74656,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF4

secondary

#EBF4D7

accent

#DD099F

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF4

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

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