#B59CDB#B59CDB

#B59CDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CDB
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 28.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 21.58, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 35.84, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0498 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.093 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7281, 38.7152, 72.1732)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CDB #C2DB9C

analogous

#9CA2DB #B59CDB #D59CDB

triadic

#B59CDB #DBB59C #9CDBB5

tetradic

#B59CDB #DB9CA2 #C2DB9C #9CDBD5

square

#B59CDB #DB9CA2 #C2DB9C #9CDBD5

split-complementary

#B59CDB #DBD59C #A2DB9C

monochromatic

#7243B9 #936FCB #B59CDB #D7C9EB #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B59CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CDB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CDB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9e6',
    500: '#b59cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cdb;
$custom-light: #ccb9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.81,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73722,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CDB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BA2C81

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CDB

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

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