#B59CF5#B59CF5

#B59CF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CF5
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 245)
HSL	hsl(257, 82%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 27.57, -41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 49.60, 303.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0562 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.128 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4221, 40.1928, 91.6281)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CF5 #DCF59C

analogous

#9CAFF5 #B59CF5 #E19CF5

triadic

#B59CF5 #F5B59C #9CF5B5

tetradic

#B59CF5 #F59CAF #DCF59C #9CF5E1

square

#B59CF5 #F59CAF #DCF59C #9CF5E1

split-complementary

#B59CF5 #F5E19C #AFF59C

monochromatic

#622DEA #8B64EF #B59CF5 #DFD4FB #EAE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B59CF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B59CF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CF5

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CF5	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ABF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A9F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9f9',
    500: '#b59cf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cf5;
$custom-light: #cdb9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.854,
    "s": 81.651,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74885,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CF5

secondary

#ECF4D7

accent

#DE07A2

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CF5

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

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