#B59DC6#B59DC6

#B59DC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.064 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DC6
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(275, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 16.52, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 24.27, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.042 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.064 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3043, 38.0153, 58.5769)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DC6 #AEC69D

analogous

#A19DC6 #B59DC6 #C69DC3

triadic

#B59DC6 #C6B59D #9DC6B5

tetradic

#B59DC6 #C6A19D #AEC69D #9DC3C6

square

#B59DC6 #C6A19D #AEC69D #9DC3C6

split-complementary

#B59DC6 #C3C69D #9DC6A1

monochromatic

#7A5693 #9876AF #B59DC6 #D2C4DD #EFEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B59DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DC6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DC6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.064 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad7',
    500: '#b59dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dc6;
$custom-light: #cbbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 26.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73077,
    "c": 0.06391,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DC6

secondary

#DEE5DA

accent

#A5406A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DC6

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

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