#B59CF9#B59CF9

#B59CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CF9
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(256, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 28.53, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 51.71, 303.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.057 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.133 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0393, 40.4397, 94.8789)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CF9 #E0F99C

analogous

#9CB2F9 #B59CF9 #E49CF9

triadic

#B59CF9 #F9B59C #9CF9B5

tetradic

#B59CF9 #F99CB2 #E0F99C #9CF9E4

square

#B59CF9 #F99CB2 #E0F99C #9CF9E4

split-complementary

#B59CF9 #F9E49C #B2F99C

monochromatic

#5F29F2 #8A62F6 #B59CF9 #E0D6FC #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B59CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B59CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CF9

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CF9	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ABFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9fb',
    500: '#b59cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cf9;
$custom-light: #cdb9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.129,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CF9

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E500A8

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CF9

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

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