#B59CEF#B59CEF

#B59CEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CEF
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 26.15, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 46.42, 304.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0549 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.12 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5209, 39.8323, 86.8821)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CEF #D6EF9C

analogous

#9CADEF #B59CEF #DE9CEF

triadic

#B59CEF #EFB59C #9CEFB5

tetradic

#B59CEF #EF9CAD #D6EF9C #9CEFDE

square

#B59CEF #EF9CAD #D6EF9C #9CEFDE

split-complementary

#B59CEF #EFDE9C #ADEF9C

monochromatic

#6633DE #8E67E6 #B59CEF #DCD1F8 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B59CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CEF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CEF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9f4',
    500: '#b59cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cef;
$custom-light: #ccb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.072,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74604,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CEF

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D4119A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CEF

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

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