#B59DE7#B59DE7

#B59DE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DE7
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 32%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 23.73, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 41.55, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0516 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.107 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5336, 39.7070, 80.8512)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DE7 #CFE79D

analogous

#9DAAE7 #B59DE7 #DA9DE7

triadic

#B59DE7 #E7B59D #9DE7B5

tetradic

#B59DE7 #E79DAA #CFE79D #9DE7DA

square

#B59DE7 #E79DAA #CFE79D #9DE7DA

split-complementary

#B59DE7 #E7DA9D #AAE79D

monochromatic

#6B3BCF #906CDB #B59DE7 #DACEF3 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B59DE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DE7

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DE7	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaef',
    500: '#b59de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59de7;
$custom-light: #ccbaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74427,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DE7

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C81D91

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DE7

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

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