#B59CDA#B59CDA

#B59CDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.092 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CDA
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 28.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 21.35, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 35.31, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0495 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.092 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5968, 38.6627, 71.4819)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CDA #C1DA9C

analogous

#9CA2DA #B59CDA #D49CDA

triadic

#B59CDA #DAB59C #9CDAB5

tetradic

#B59CDA #DA9CA2 #C1DA9C #9CDAD4

square

#B59CDA #DA9CA2 #C1DA9C #9CDAD4

split-complementary

#B59CDA #DAD49C #A2DA9C

monochromatic

#7344B7 #946FC9 #B59CDA #D6C9EB #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B59CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CDA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CDA	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.092 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9e5',
    500: '#b59cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cda;
$custom-light: #ccb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.194,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7368,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CDA

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B92D80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CDA

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

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