#B59DDB#B59DDB

#B59DDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DDB
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 21.02, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 35.20, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0484 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.091 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8966, 39.0522, 72.2293)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DDB #C3DB9D

analogous

#9DA4DB #B59DDB #D49DDB

triadic

#B59DDB #DBB59D #9DDBB5

tetradic

#B59DDB #DB9DA4 #C3DB9D #9DDBD4

square

#B59DDB #DB9DA4 #C3DB9D #9DDBD4

split-complementary

#B59DDB #DBD49D #A4DB9D

monochromatic

#7244B9 #9370CB #B59DDB #D7CAEB #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B59DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DDB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DDB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbae6',
    500: '#b59ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ddb;
$custom-light: #ccbae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DDB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B92C83

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DDB

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

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