#B59CD8#B59CD8

#B59CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.089 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CD8
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(265, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 20.91, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 34.26, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.049 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.089 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3367, 38.5586, 70.1119)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CD8 #BFD89C

analogous

#9CA1D8 #B59CD8 #D39CD8

triadic

#B59CD8 #D8B59C #9CD8B5

tetradic

#B59CD8 #D89CA1 #BFD89C #9CD8D3

square

#B59CD8 #D89CA1 #BFD89C #9CD8D3

split-complementary

#B59CD8 #D8D39C #A1D89C

monochromatic

#7447B3 #9470C7 #B59CD8 #D6C8E9 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B59CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CD8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CD8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.089 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9e4',
    500: '#b59cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cd8;
$custom-light: #cbb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73597,
    "c": 0.08909,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CD8

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B72F7E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CD8

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

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