#B59DDE#B59DDE

#B59DDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DDE
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 21.69, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 36.79, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0492 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.095 301)
XYZ	xyz(44.2951, 39.2116, 74.3281)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DDE #C6DE9D

analogous

#9DA6DE #B59DDE #D69DDE

triadic

#B59DDE #DEB59D #9DDEB5

tetradic

#B59DDE #DE9DA6 #C6DE9D #9DDED6

square

#B59DDE #DE9DA6 #C6DE9D #9DDED6

split-complementary

#B59DDE #DED69D #A6DE9D

monochromatic

#7041BF #926FCF #B59DDE #D8CBED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B59DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B59DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DDE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DDE	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbae8',
    500: '#b59dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dde;
$custom-light: #ccbae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.154,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.39212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DDE

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BD2986

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DDE

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

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