#B59DCD#B59DCD

#B59DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.073 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DCD
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 17.98, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 27.87, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0442 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.073 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1305, 38.3457, 62.9277)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DCD #B5CD9D

analogous

#9D9DCD #B59DCD #CD9DCD

triadic

#B59DCD #CDB59D #9DCDB5

tetradic

#B59DCD #CD9D9D #B5CD9D #9DCDCD

square

#B59DCD #CD9D9D #B5CD9D #9DCDCD

split-complementary

#B59DCD #CDCD9D #9DCD9D

monochromatic

#78519F #9674B8 #B59DCD #D4C6E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B59DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DCD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DCD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.073 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadc',
    500: '#b59dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dcd;
$custom-light: #cbbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73344,
    "c": 0.07291,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DCD

secondary

#E3E9DD

accent

#AB3A73

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DCD

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

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