#B59DDA#B59DDA

#B59DDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.090 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DDA
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 28%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 20.79, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 34.67, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0481 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.09 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7653, 38.9997, 71.5381)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DDA #C2DA9D

analogous

#9DA3DA #B59DDA #D39DDA

triadic

#B59DDA #DAB59D #9DDAB5

tetradic

#B59DDA #DA9DA3 #C2DA9D #9DDAD3

square

#B59DDA #DA9DA3 #C2DA9D #9DDAD3

split-complementary

#B59DDA #DAD39D #A3DA9D

monochromatic

#7245B7 #9371C9 #B59DDA #D7C9EB #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B59DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DDA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DDA	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.090 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbae5',
    500: '#b59dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dda;
$custom-light: #ccbae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.607,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DDA

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B82D82

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DDA

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

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