#B59CD5#B59CD5

#B59CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.085 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CD5
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(266, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 20.26, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 32.69, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0481 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.085 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9524, 38.4049, 68.0880)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CD5 #BCD59C

analogous

#9C9FD5 #B59CD5 #D29CD5

triadic

#B59CD5 #D5B59C #9CD5B5

tetradic

#B59CD5 #D59C9F #BCD59C #9CD5D2

square

#B59CD5 #D59C9F #BCD59C #9CD5D2

split-complementary

#B59CD5 #D5D29C #9FD59C

monochromatic

#7549AD #9571C3 #B59CD5 #D5C7E7 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B59CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CD5

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CD5	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.085 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9e2',
    500: '#b59cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cd5;
$custom-light: #cbb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.08513,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CD5

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B3327B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CD5

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

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