#B59DCE#B59DCE

#B59DCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.074 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DCE
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 18.19, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 28.39, 309.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0446 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.074 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2515, 38.3941, 63.5655)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DCE #B6CE9D

analogous

#9D9DCE #B59DCE #CD9DCE

triadic

#B59DCE #CEB59D #9DCEB5

tetradic

#B59DCE #CE9D9D #B6CE9D #9DCECD

square

#B59DCE #CE9D9D #B6CE9D #9DCECD

split-complementary

#B59DCE #CECD9D #9DCE9D

monochromatic

#7750A0 #9674BA #B59DCE #D4C6E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B59DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DCE

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DCE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.074 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadd',
    500: '#b59dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dce;
$custom-light: #cbbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73384,
    "c": 0.07422,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DCE

secondary

#E4EADD

accent

#AC3974

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DCE

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

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