#B59DE3#B59DE3

#B59DE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DE3
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 22.82, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 39.43, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0505 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.102 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9752, 39.4836, 77.9098)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DE3 #CBE39D

analogous

#9DA8E3 #B59DE3 #D89DE3

triadic

#B59DE3 #E3B59D #9DE3B5

tetradic

#B59DE3 #E39DA8 #CBE39D #9DE3D8

square

#B59DE3 #E39DA8 #CBE39D #9DE3D8

split-complementary

#B59DE3 #E3D89D #A8E39D

monochromatic

#6D3EC8 #916DD5 #B59DE3 #D9CDF1 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B59DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B59DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DE3

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DE3	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaec',
    500: '#b59de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59de3;
$custom-light: #ccbaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74252,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DE3

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C3228C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DE3

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

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