#B59CEC#B59CEC

#B59CEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CEC
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 25.45, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 44.83, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0542 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.116 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0814, 39.6565, 84.5673)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CEC #D3EC9C

analogous

#9CABEC #B59CEC #DD9CEC

triadic

#B59CEC #ECB59C #9CECB5

tetradic

#B59CEC #EC9CAB #D3EC9C #9CECDD

square

#B59CEC #EC9CAB #D3EC9C #9CECDD

split-complementary

#B59CEC #ECDD9C #ABEC9C

monochromatic

#6835D8 #8F69E2 #B59CEC #DBCFF6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B59CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CEC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CEC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9f2',
    500: '#b59cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cec;
$custom-light: #ccb9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74467,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CEC

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D01696

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CEC

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

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