#B59BFA#B59BFA

#B59BFA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BFA
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 250)
HSL	hsl(256, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 38%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 29.33, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 52.86, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0586 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.136 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0286, 40.1680, 95.6468)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BFA #E0FA9B

analogous

#9BB1FA #B59BFA #E59BFA

triadic

#B59BFA #FAB59B #9BFAB5

tetradic

#B59BFA #FA9BB1 #E0FA9B #9BFAE5

square

#B59BFA #FA9BB1 #E0FA9B #9BFAE5

split-complementary

#B59BFA #FAE59B #B1FA9B

monochromatic

#5F26F4 #8A61F7 #B59BFA #E0D5FD #E9E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B59BFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B59BFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BFA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BFA	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ABFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8fc',
    500: '#b59bfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bfa;
$custom-light: #cdb8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.421,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74943,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BFA

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A7

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BFA

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

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