#B59DCF#B59DCF

#B59DCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.076 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DCF
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 207)
HSL	hsl(269, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 18.40, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 28.91, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0449 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.076 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3734, 38.4429, 64.2073)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DCF #B7CF9D

analogous

#9D9ECF #B59DCF #CE9DCF

triadic

#B59DCF #CFB59D #9DCFB5

tetradic

#B59DCF #CF9D9E #B7CF9D #9DCFCE

square

#B59DCF #CF9D9E #B7CF9D #9DCFCE

split-complementary

#B59DCF #CFCE9D #9ECF9D

monochromatic

#774FA2 #9674BB #B59DCF #D4C6E3 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B59DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DCF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DCF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.076 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadd',
    500: '#b59dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dcf;
$custom-light: #cbbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 34.247,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DCF

secondary

#E4EADD

accent

#AD3875

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DCF

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

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