#B59BF9#B59BF9

#B59BF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BF9
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 249)
HSL	hsl(257, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 29.09, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 52.33, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0584 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.135 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8722, 40.1054, 94.8232)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BF9 #DFF99B

analogous

#9BB0F9 #B59BF9 #E49BF9

triadic

#B59BF9 #F9B59B #9BF9B5

tetradic

#B59BF9 #F99BB0 #DFF99B #9BF9E4

square

#B59BF9 #F99BB0 #DFF99B #9BF9E4

split-complementary

#B59BF9 #F9E49B #B0F99B

monochromatic

#6028F2 #8A61F6 #B59BF9 #E0D5FC #EAE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B59BF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B59BF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BF9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BF9	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ABFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8fb',
    500: '#b59bf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bf9;
$custom-light: #cdb8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 88.679,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74895,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BF9

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E500A6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BF9

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

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