#B59DEE#B59DEE

#B59DEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DEE
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 34%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 25.36, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 45.26, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0532 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.117 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5421, 40.1104, 86.1624)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DEE #D6EE9D

analogous

#9DADEE #B59DEE #DE9DEE

triadic

#B59DEE #EEB59D #9DEEB5

tetradic

#B59DEE #EE9DAD #D6EE9D #9DEEDE

square

#B59DEE #EE9DAD #D6EE9D #9DEEDE

split-complementary

#B59DEE #EEDE9D #ADEE9D

monochromatic

#6635DC #8E69E5 #B59DEE #DCD1F7 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B59DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B59DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DEE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DEE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaf4',
    500: '#b59dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dee;
$custom-light: #ccbaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74742,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DEE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D2139A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DEE

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

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