#B59DDF#B59DDF

#B59DDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DDF
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 223)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 21.91, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 37.31, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0495 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.097 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4295, 39.2653, 75.0360)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DDF #C7DF9D

analogous

#9DA6DF #B59DDF #D69DDF

triadic

#B59DDF #DFB59D #9DDFB5

tetradic

#B59DDF #DF9DA6 #C7DF9D #9DDFD6

square

#B59DDF #DF9DA6 #C7DF9D #9DDFD6

split-complementary

#B59DDF #DFD69D #A6DF9D

monochromatic

#6F41C1 #926FD0 #B59DDF #D8CBEE #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B59DDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B59DDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DDF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DDF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbae9',
    500: '#b59ddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ddf;
$custom-light: #ccbae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DDF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BE2787

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DDF

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

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