#B59BF7#B59BF7

#B59BF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.132 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF7
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 247)
HSL	hsl(257, 85%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 28.61, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 51.27, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.058 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.132 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5619, 39.9813, 93.1890)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF7 #DDF79B

analogous

#9BAFF7 #B59BF7 #E39BF7

triadic

#B59BF7 #F7B59B #9BF7B5

tetradic

#B59BF7 #F79BAF #DDF79B #9BF7E3

square

#B59BF7 #F79BAF #DDF79B #9BF7E3

split-complementary

#B59BF7 #F7E39B #AFF79B

monochromatic

#612AEE #8B62F2 #B59BF7 #DFD4FC #EAE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B59BF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B59BF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF7

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF7	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82AAFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.132 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8fa',
    500: '#b59bf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf7;
$custom-light: #cdb8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 85.185,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74799,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF7

secondary

#ECF5D6

accent

#E204A3

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF7

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

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