#B59BFD#B59BFD

#B59BFD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.140 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BFD
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 253)
HSL	hsl(256, 96%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 38.7%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 30.06, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 54.45, 303.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0592 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.14 295)
XYZ	xyz(48.5027, 40.3576, 98.1439)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BFD #E3FD9B

analogous

#9BB2FD #B59BFD #E69BFD

triadic

#B59BFD #FDB59B #9BFDB5

tetradic

#B59BFD #FD9BB2 #E3FD9B #9BFDE6

square

#B59BFD #FD9BB2 #E3FD9B #9BFDE6

split-complementary

#B59BFD #FDE69B #B2FD9B

monochromatic

#5C23FB #895FFC #B59BFD #E1D7FE #E9E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B59BFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B59BFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BFD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BFD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80ABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A9FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.140 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8fe',
    500: '#b59bfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bfd;
$custom-light: #cdb8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 96.078,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7509,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.40358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BFD

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600A9

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BFD

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

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