#B59DE9#B59DE9

#B59DE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DE9
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 233)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 24.19, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 42.61, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.052 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.11 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8177, 39.8206, 82.3473)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DE9 #D1E99D

analogous

#9DABE9 #B59DE9 #DB9DE9

triadic

#B59DE9 #E9B59D #9DE9B5

tetradic

#B59DE9 #E99DAB #D1E99D #9DE9DB

square

#B59DE9 #E99DAB #D1E99D #9DE9DB

split-complementary

#B59DE9 #E9DB9D #ABE99D

monochromatic

#6A39D3 #8F6BDE #B59DE9 #DBCFF4 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B59DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DE9

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DE9	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaf0',
    500: '#b59de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59de9;
$custom-light: #ccbaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DE9

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CB1A93

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DE9

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

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