#B59DCA#B59DCA

#B59DCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.069 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DCA
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(272, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 17.35, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 26.32, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0433 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.069 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7718, 38.2022, 61.0388)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DCA #B2CA9D

analogous

#9E9DCA #B59DCA #CA9DC8

triadic

#B59DCA #CAB59D #9DCAB5

tetradic

#B59DCA #CA9E9D #B2CA9D #9DC8CA

square

#B59DCA #CA9E9D #B2CA9D #9DC8CA

split-complementary

#B59DCA #C8CA9D #9DCA9E

monochromatic

#79539A #9775B5 #B59DCA #D3C5DF #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B59DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DCA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DCA	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.069 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbada',
    500: '#b59dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dca;
$custom-light: #cbbada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.06903,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DCA

secondary

#E1E8DB

accent

#A83D6F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DCA

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

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