#B59CD1#B59CD1

#B59CD1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.080 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CD1
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 209)
HSL	hsl(268, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 19.39, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 30.59, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0469 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.08 306)
XYZ	xyz(42.4510, 38.2043, 65.4470)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CD1 #B8D19C

analogous

#9C9ED1 #B59CD1 #D09CD1

triadic

#B59CD1 #D1B59C #9CD1B5

tetradic

#B59CD1 #D19C9E #B8D19C #9CD1D0

square

#B59CD1 #D19C9E #B8D19C #9CD1D0

split-complementary

#B59CD1 #D1D09C #9ED19C

monochromatic

#774DA6 #9672BE #B59CD1 #D4C6E4 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B59CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CD1

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CD1	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.080 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9df',
    500: '#b59cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cd1;
$custom-light: #cbb9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 36.552,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73312,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.38204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CD1

secondary

#E5EBDE

accent

#AF3676

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CD1

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

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