#B59BF6#B59BF6

#B59BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF6
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 246)
HSL	hsl(257, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 37%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 28.37, -42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 50.75, 303.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0578 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.131 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4080, 39.9198, 92.3785)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF6 #DCF69B

analogous

#9BAEF6 #B59BF6 #E29BF6

triadic

#B59BF6 #F6B59B #9BF6B5

tetradic

#B59BF6 #F69BAE #DCF69B #9BF6E2

square

#B59BF6 #F69BAE #DCF69B #9BF6E2

split-complementary

#B59BF6 #F6E29B #AEF69B

monochromatic

#622BEC #8B63F1 #B59BF6 #DFD3FB #EAE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B59BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF6

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF6	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83AAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8f9',
    500: '#b59bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf6;
$custom-light: #cdb8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 83.486,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF6

secondary

#ECF4D7

accent

#E006A2

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF6

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

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