#B59CFB#B59CFB

#B59CFB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CFB
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 251)
HSL	hsl(256, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 37.8%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 29.02, -44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 52.77, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0574 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.136 295)
XYZ	xyz(48.3529, 40.5651, 96.5305)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CFB #E2FB9C

analogous

#9CB3FB #B59CFB #E49CFB

triadic

#B59CFB #FBB59C #9CFBB5

tetradic

#B59CFB #FB9CB3 #E2FB9C #9CFBE4

square

#B59CFB #FB9CB3 #E2FB9C #9CFBE4

split-complementary

#B59CFB #FBE49C #B3FB9C

monochromatic

#5D26F6 #8961F9 #B59CFB #E1D7FD #E9E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B59CFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B59CFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CFB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CFB	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ADC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cfb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9fd',
    500: '#b59cfb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cfb;
$custom-light: #cdb9fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cfb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 92.233,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.40566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CFB

secondary

#EDF6D5

accent

#E600A9

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CFB

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

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