#B59CDD#B59CDD

#B59CDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CDD
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 22.02, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 36.89, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0504 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.096 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9930, 38.8211, 73.5682)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CDD #C4DD9C

analogous

#9CA4DD #B59CDD #D69CDD

triadic

#B59CDD #DDB59C #9CDDB5

tetradic

#B59CDD #DD9CA4 #C4DD9C #9CDDD6

square

#B59CDD #DD9CA4 #C4DD9C #9CDDD6

split-complementary

#B59CDD #DDD69C #A4DD9C

monochromatic

#7141BE #936ECD #B59CDD #D7CAED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B59CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CDD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CDD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9e7',
    500: '#b59cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cdd;
$custom-light: #ccb9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73807,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2984

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CDD

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

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