#B59BF8#B59BF8

#B59BF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF8
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 248)
HSL	hsl(257, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 37.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 28.85, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 51.80, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0582 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.133 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7166, 40.0432, 94.0039)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF8 #DEF89B

analogous

#9BB0F8 #B59BF8 #E49BF8

triadic

#B59BF8 #F8B59B #9BF8B5

tetradic

#B59BF8 #F89BB0 #DEF89B #9BF8E4

square

#B59BF8 #F89BB0 #DEF89B #9BF8E4

split-complementary

#B59BF8 #F8E49B #B0F89B

monochromatic

#6029F0 #8B62F4 #B59BF8 #DFD4FC #EAE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B59BF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B59BF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82AAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8fb',
    500: '#b59bf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf8;
$custom-light: #cdb8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.774,
    "s": 86.916,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF8

secondary

#ECF5D6

accent

#E302A4

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF8

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

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