#B59DD2#B59DD2

#B59DD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.079 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DD2
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 210)
HSL	hsl(267, 37%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 19.05, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 30.47, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0458 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.079 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7437, 38.5910, 66.1573)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DD2 #BAD29D

analogous

#9DA0D2 #B59DD2 #D09DD2

triadic

#B59DD2 #D2B59D #9DD2B5

tetradic

#B59DD2 #D29DA0 #BAD29D #9DD2D0

square

#B59DD2 #D29DA0 #BAD29D #9DD2D0

split-complementary

#B59DD2 #D2D09D #A0D29D

monochromatic

#764DA8 #9573BF #B59DD2 #D5C7E5 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B59DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DD2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DD2	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.079 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbae0',
    500: '#b59dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dd2;
$custom-light: #cbbae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 37.063,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.07947,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DD2

secondary

#E6ECDF

accent

#B03679

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DD2

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

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