#B59CEE#B59CEE

#B59CEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CEE
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 25.92, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 45.89, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0546 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.118 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3736, 39.7734, 86.1062)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CEE #D5EE9C

analogous

#9CACEE #B59CEE #DE9CEE

triadic

#B59CEE #EEB59C #9CEEB5

tetradic

#B59CEE #EE9CAC #D5EE9C #9CEEDE

square

#B59CEE #EE9CAC #D5EE9C #9CEEDE

split-complementary

#B59CEE #EEDE9C #ACEE9C

monochromatic

#6734DC #8E68E5 #B59CEE #DCD0F7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B59CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CEE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CEE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9f4',
    500: '#b59cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cee;
$custom-light: #ccb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.293,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CEE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31398

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CEE

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

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