#B59DCB#B59DCB

#B59DCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.070 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DCB
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(271, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 17.56, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 26.83, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0436 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.07 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8906, 38.2498, 61.6644)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DCB #B3CB9D

analogous

#9E9DCB #B59DCB #CB9DCA

triadic

#B59DCB #CBB59D #9DCBB5

tetradic

#B59DCB #CB9E9D #B3CB9D #9DCACB

square

#B59DCB #CB9E9D #B3CB9D #9DCACB

split-complementary

#B59DCB #CACB9D #9DCB9E

monochromatic

#78529B #9775B6 #B59DCB #D3C5E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B59DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DCB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DCB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.070 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadb',
    500: '#b59dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dcb;
$custom-light: #cbbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73267,
    "c": 0.07032,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DCB

secondary

#E2E8DC

accent

#A93C70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DCB

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

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