#B59CED#B59CED

#B59CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CED
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 25.68, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 45.36, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0544 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.117 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2271, 39.7148, 85.3346)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CED #D4ED9C

analogous

#9CABED #B59CED #DE9CED

triadic

#B59CED #EDB59C #9CEDB5

tetradic

#B59CED #ED9CAB #D4ED9C #9CEDDE

square

#B59CED #ED9CAB #D4ED9C #9CEDDE

split-complementary

#B59CED #EDDE9C #ABED9C

monochromatic

#6834DA #8E68E4 #B59CED #DCD0F6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B59CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CED

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CED	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9f3',
    500: '#b59ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ced;
$custom-light: #ccb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.519,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CED

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D11497

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CED

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

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