#B59DEC#B59DEC

#B59DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DEC
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(258, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 24.89, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 44.20, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0528 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.114 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2499, 39.9935, 84.6235)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DEC #D4EC9D

analogous

#9DADEC #B59DEC #DD9DEC

triadic

#B59DEC #ECB59D #9DECB5

tetradic

#B59DEC #EC9DAD #D4EC9D #9DECDD

square

#B59DEC #EC9DAD #D4EC9D #9DECDD

split-complementary

#B59DEC #ECDD9D #ADEC9D

monochromatic

#6836D8 #8E6AE2 #B59DEC #DCD0F6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B59DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B59DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DEC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DEC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaf2',
    500: '#b59dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dec;
$custom-light: #ccbaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.228,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DEC

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#CF1697

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DEC

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

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