#B59CD4#B59CD4

#B59CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.084 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CD4
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(267, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 20.04, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 32.16, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0478 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.084 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8259, 38.3543, 67.4216)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CD4 #BBD49C

analogous

#9C9FD4 #B59CD4 #D19CD4

triadic

#B59CD4 #D4B59C #9CD4B5

tetradic

#B59CD4 #D49C9F #BBD49C #9CD4D1

square

#B59CD4 #D49C9F #BBD49C #9CD4D1

split-complementary

#B59CD4 #D4D19C #9FD49C

monochromatic

#764AAB #9571C1 #B59CD4 #D5C7E7 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B59CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CD4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CD4	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.084 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9e1',
    500: '#b59cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cd4;
$custom-light: #cbb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.786,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73433,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CD4

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B2337A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CD4

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

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