#B59DCC#B59DCC

#B59DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.072 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DCC
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(271, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 17.77, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 27.35, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0439 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.072 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0101, 38.2976, 62.2941)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DCC #B4CC9D

analogous

#9D9DCC #B59DCC #CC9DCB

triadic

#B59DCC #CCB59D #9DCCB5

tetradic

#B59DCC #CC9D9D #B4CC9D #9DCBCC

square

#B59DCC #CC9D9D #B4CC9D #9DCBCC

split-complementary

#B59DCC #CBCC9D #9DCC9D

monochromatic

#78529D #9775B7 #B59DCC #D3C5E1 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B59DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DCC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DCC	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.072 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadb',
    500: '#b59dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dcc;
$custom-light: #cbbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DCC

secondary

#E2E9DC

accent

#AA3B72

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DCC

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

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