#B59CFF#B59CFF

#B59CFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CFF
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 255)
HSL	hsl(255, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(255, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 38.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 29.99, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 54.89, 303.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0582 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.141 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9901, 40.8200, 99.8863)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CFF #E6FF9C

analogous

#9CB4FF #B59CFF #E79CFF

triadic

#B59CFF #FFB59C #9CFFB5

tetradic

#B59CFF #FF9CB4 #E6FF9C #9CFFE7

square

#B59CFF #FF9CB4 #E6FF9C #9CFFE7

split-complementary

#B59CFF #FFE79C #B4FF9C

monochromatic

#5A22FF #875FFF #B59CFF #E3D9FF #E8E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B59CFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B59CFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CFF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CFF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83AAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9ff',
    500: '#b59cff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cff;
$custom-light: #cdb9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.152,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CFF

secondary

#EEF7D4

accent

#E600AC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CFF

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

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