#B59DDD#B59DDD

#B59DDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.094 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DDD
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 21.46, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 36.26, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0489 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.094 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1615, 39.1581, 73.6243)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DDD #C5DD9D

analogous

#9DA5DD #B59DDD #D59DDD

triadic

#B59DDD #DDB59D #9DDDB5

tetradic

#B59DDD #DD9DA5 #C5DD9D #9DDDD5

square

#B59DDD #DD9DA5 #C5DD9D #9DDDD5

split-complementary

#B59DDD #DDD59D #A5DD9D

monochromatic

#7042BD #9370CD #B59DDD #D7CAED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B59DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DDD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DDD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.094 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbae7',
    500: '#b59ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ddd;
$custom-light: #ccbae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2A85

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DDD

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

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