#B59DEA#B59DEA

#B59DEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DEA
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 24.42, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 43.14, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0523 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.111 298)
XYZ	xyz(45.9610, 39.8779, 83.1018)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DEA #D2EA9D

analogous

#9DACEA #B59DEA #DC9DEA

triadic

#B59DEA #EAB59D #9DEAB5

tetradic

#B59DEA #EA9DAC #D2EA9D #9DEADC

square

#B59DEA #EA9DAC #D2EA9D #9DEADC

split-complementary

#B59DEA #EADC9D #ACEA9D

monochromatic

#6938D4 #8F6BDF #B59DEA #DBCFF5 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59DEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B59DEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DEA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DEA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaf1',
    500: '#b59dea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dea;
$custom-light: #ccbaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.701,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74561,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DEA

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CD1995

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DEA

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

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