#B59BF5#B59BF5

#B59BF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF5
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 245)
HSL	hsl(257, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 28.13, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 50.22, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0576 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.129 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2549, 39.8585, 91.5724)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF5 #DBF59B

analogous

#9BAEF5 #B59BF5 #E29BF5

triadic

#B59BF5 #F5B59B #9BF5B5

tetradic

#B59BF5 #F59BAE #DBF59B #9BF5E2

square

#B59BF5 #F59BAE #DBF59B #9BF5E2

split-complementary

#B59BF5 #F5E29B #AEF59B

monochromatic

#632CEA #8C63EF #B59BF5 #DED3FB #EAE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B59BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF5

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF5	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83AAF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8f9',
    500: '#b59bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf5;
$custom-light: #cdb8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74703,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF5

secondary

#ECF4D7

accent

#DE07A0

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF5

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

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