#B59DC2#B59DC2

#B59DC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.059 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DC2
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(279, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 15.70, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 22.25, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0407 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.059 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8491, 37.8331, 56.1791)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DC2 #AAC29D

analogous

#A39DC2 #B59DC2 #C29DBD

triadic

#B59DC2 #C2B59D #9DC2B5

tetradic

#B59DC2 #C2A39D #AAC29D #9DBDC2

square

#B59DC2 #C2A39D #AAC29D #9DBDC2

split-complementary

#B59DC2 #BDC29D #9DC2A3

monochromatic

#7A588D #9977AB #B59DC2 #D1C3D9 #EEE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B59DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DC2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DC2	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.059 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad4',
    500: '#b59dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dc2;
$custom-light: #cbbad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 23.27,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72928,
    "c": 0.05888,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DC2

secondary

#DCE3D8

accent

#A24465

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DC2

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

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