#B59CDF#B59CDF

#B59CDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CDF
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 223)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 30%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 22.47, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 37.95, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0509 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.098 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2610, 38.9283, 74.9799)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CDF #C6DF9C

analogous

#9CA5DF #B59CDF #D79CDF

triadic

#B59CDF #DFB59C #9CDFB5

tetradic

#B59CDF #DF9CA5 #C6DF9C #9CDFD7

square

#B59CDF #DF9CA5 #C6DF9C #9CDFD7

split-complementary

#B59CDF #DFD79C #A5DF9C

monochromatic

#7040C1 #926ED0 #B59CDF #D8CAEE #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B59CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CDF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CDF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9e9',
    500: '#b59cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cdf;
$custom-light: #ccb9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CDF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BF2786

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CDF

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

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