#B59DEB#B59DEB

#B59DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DEB
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(258, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 24.66, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 43.67, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0525 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.113 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1050, 39.9355, 83.8605)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DEB #D3EB9D

analogous

#9DACEB #B59DEB #DC9DEB

triadic

#B59DEB #EBB59D #9DEBB5

tetradic

#B59DEB #EB9DAC #D3EB9D #9DEBDC

square

#B59DEB #EB9DAC #D3EB9D #9DEBDC

split-complementary

#B59DEB #EBDC9D #ACEB9D

monochromatic

#6837D6 #8F6AE1 #B59DEB #DBD0F5 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B59DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DEB

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DEB	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaf1',
    500: '#b59deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59deb;
$custom-light: #ccbaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DEB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CE1896

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DEB

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

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