#B59CDC#B59CDC

#B59CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.094 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CDC
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 21.80, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 36.37, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0501 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.094 302)
XYZ	xyz(43.8601, 38.7680, 72.8686)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CDC #C3DC9C

analogous

#9CA3DC #B59CDC #D59CDC

triadic

#B59CDC #DCB59C #9CDCB5

tetradic

#B59CDC #DC9CA3 #C3DC9C #9CDCD5

square

#B59CDC #DC9CA3 #C3DC9C #9CDCD5

split-complementary

#B59CDC #DCD59C #A3DC9C

monochromatic

#7242BB #936FCC #B59CDC #D7C9EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B59CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CDC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CDC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.094 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9e7',
    500: '#b59cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cdc;
$custom-light: #ccb9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.438,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CDC

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BB2A83

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CDC

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

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