#B59BFB#B59BFB

#B59BFB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BFB
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 251)
HSL	hsl(256, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 38.2%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 29.57, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 53.39, 303.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0588 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.137 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1858, 40.2309, 96.4748)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BFB #E1FB9B

analogous

#9BB1FB #B59BFB #E59BFB

triadic

#B59BFB #FBB59B #9BFBB5

tetradic

#B59BFB #FB9BB1 #E1FB9B #9BFBE5

square

#B59BFB #FB9BB1 #E1FB9B #9BFBE5

split-complementary

#B59BFB #FBE59B #B1FB9B

monochromatic

#5E25F6 #8960F9 #B59BFB #E1D6FD #E9E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B59BFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B59BFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BFB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BFB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8fd',
    500: '#b59bfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bfb;
$custom-light: #cdb8fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BFB

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A7

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BFB

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

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