#B59DEF#B59DEF

#B59DEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DEF
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 25.59, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 45.79, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0535 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.118 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6894, 40.1693, 86.9383)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DEF #D7EF9D

analogous

#9DAEEF #B59DEF #DE9DEF

triadic

#B59DEF #EFB59D #9DEFB5

tetradic

#B59DEF #EF9DAE #D7EF9D #9DEFDE

square

#B59DEF #EF9DAE #D7EF9D #9DEFDE

split-complementary

#B59DEF #EFDE9D #AEEF9D

monochromatic

#6634DE #8D68E6 #B59DEF #DDD2F8 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B59DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B59DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DEF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DEF	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaf4',
    500: '#b59def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59def;
$custom-light: #ccbaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.561,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74788,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DEF

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D4129B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DEF

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

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