#B59DE0#B59DE0

#B59DE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DE0
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 224)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 30%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 22.14, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 37.84, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0497 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.098 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5647, 39.3194, 75.7482)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DE0 #C8E09D

analogous

#9DA6E0 #B59DE0 #D79DE0

triadic

#B59DE0 #E0B59D #9DE0B5

tetradic

#B59DE0 #E09DA6 #C8E09D #9DE0D7

square

#B59DE0 #E09DA6 #C8E09D #9DE0D7

split-complementary

#B59DE0 #E0D79D #A6E09D

monochromatic

#6F40C3 #926FD1 #B59DE0 #D8CBEF #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B59DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B59DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DE0

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DE0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaea',
    500: '#b59de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59de0;
$custom-light: #ccbaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.493,
    "s": 51.938,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74122,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DE0

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BF2688

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DE0

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

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