#B59CEA#B59CEA

#B59CEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CEA
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 24.98, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 43.77, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0537 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.113 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7925, 39.5409, 83.0456)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CEA #D1EA9C

analogous

#9CAAEA #B59CEA #DC9CEA

triadic

#B59CEA #EAB59C #9CEAB5

tetradic

#B59CEA #EA9CAA #D1EA9C #9CEADC

square

#B59CEA #EA9CAA #D1EA9C #9CEADC

split-complementary

#B59CEA #EADC9C #AAEA9C

monochromatic

#6A37D5 #8F6ADF #B59CEA #DBCEF5 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B59CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B59CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CEA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CEA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9f1',
    500: '#b59cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cea;
$custom-light: #ccb9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74376,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CEA

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CD1993

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CEA

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

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