#B59CC2#B59CC2

#B59CC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.061 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CC2
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(279, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 16.26, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 22.91, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0422 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.061 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6806, 37.4962, 56.1229)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CC2 #A9C29C

analogous

#A29CC2 #B59CC2 #C29CBC

triadic

#B59CC2 #C2B59C #9CC2B5

tetradic

#B59CC2 #C2A29C #A9C29C #9CBCC2

square

#B59CC2 #C2A29C #A9C29C #9CBCC2

split-complementary

#B59CC2 #BCC29C #9CC2A2

monochromatic

#7A578D #9976AB #B59CC2 #D1C2D9 #EEE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B59CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CC2

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CC2	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.061 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9d4',
    500: '#b59cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cc2;
$custom-light: #cbb9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 23.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72735,
    "c": 0.06067,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CC2

secondary

#DBE3D7

accent

#A24364

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CC2

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

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