#B59CF8#B59CF8

#B59CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CF8
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 248)
HSL	hsl(256, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 37.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 28.29, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 51.18, 303.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.0568 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.132 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8837, 40.3774, 94.0596)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CF8 #DFF89C

analogous

#9CB1F8 #B59CF8 #E39CF8

triadic

#B59CF8 #F8B59C #9CF8B5

tetradic

#B59CF8 #F89CB1 #DFF89C #9CF8E3

square

#B59CF8 #F89CB1 #DFF89C #9CF8E3

split-complementary

#B59CF8 #F8E39C #B1F89C

monochromatic

#602AF0 #8A63F4 #B59CF8 #E0D5FC #EAE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B59CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B59CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CF8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CF8	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ABFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9fb',
    500: '#b59cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cf8;
$custom-light: #cdb9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.304,
    "s": 86.792,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75027,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CF8

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E302A6

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CF8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →