#B59CD0#B59CD0

#B59CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.079 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CD0
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(269, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 19.18, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 30.07, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0466 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.079 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3276, 38.1550, 64.7970)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CD0 #B7D09C

analogous

#9C9DD0 #B59CD0 #CF9CD0

triadic

#B59CD0 #D0B59C #9CD0B5

tetradic

#B59CD0 #D09C9D #B7D09C #9CD0CF

square

#B59CD0 #D09C9D #B7D09C #9CD0CF

split-complementary

#B59CD0 #D0CF9C #9DD09C

monochromatic

#774EA4 #9673BC #B59CD0 #D4C6E4 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B59CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CD0

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CD0	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.079 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9de',
    500: '#b59cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cd0;
$custom-light: #cbb9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CD0

secondary

#E4EBDD

accent

#AE3775

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CD0

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

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