#B59CE2#B59CE2

#B59CE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CE2
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 31%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 23.15, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 39.53, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0517 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.102 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6690, 39.0916, 77.1289)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CE2 #C9E29C

analogous

#9CA6E2 #B59CE2 #D89CE2

triadic

#B59CE2 #E2B59C #9CE2B5

tetradic

#B59CE2 #E29CA6 #C9E29C #9CE2D8

square

#B59CE2 #E29CA6 #C9E29C #9CE2D8

split-complementary

#B59CE2 #E2D89C #A6E29C

monochromatic

#6E3DC6 #926DD4 #B59CE2 #D8CBF0 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B59CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CE2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CE2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9eb',
    500: '#b59ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ce2;
$custom-light: #ccb9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 54.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CE2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C22389

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CE2

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

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