#B59CCC#B59CCC

#B59CCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.073 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CCC
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(271, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 18.33, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 28.00, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0454 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.073 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8416, 37.9606, 62.2379)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CCC #B3CC9C

analogous

#9D9CCC #B59CCC #CC9CCB

triadic

#B59CCC #CCB59C #9CCCB5

tetradic

#B59CCC #CC9D9C #B3CC9C #9CCBCC

square

#B59CCC #CC9D9C #B3CC9C #9CCBCC

split-complementary

#B59CCC #CBCC9C #9CCC9D

monochromatic

#78519D #9774B7 #B59CCC #D3C4E1 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B59CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CCC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CCC	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.073 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9db',
    500: '#b59ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ccc;
$custom-light: #cbb9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.07336,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CCC

secondary

#E2E8DB

accent

#AB3B70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CCC

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

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