#B59DF5#B59DF5

#B59DF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DF5
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 245)
HSL	hsl(256, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 27.01, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 48.98, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0548 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.126 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5906, 40.5297, 91.6842)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DF5 #DDF59D

analogous

#9DB1F5 #B59DF5 #E19DF5

triadic

#B59DF5 #F5B59D #9DF5B5

tetradic

#B59DF5 #F59DB1 #DDF59D #9DF5E1

square

#B59DF5 #F59DB1 #DDF59D #9DF5E1

split-complementary

#B59DF5 #F5E19D #B1F59D

monochromatic

#612EEA #8B65EF #B59DF5 #DFD5FB #EAE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B59DF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B59DF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DF5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DF5	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ABF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89AAF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ACBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59df5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbaf9',
    500: '#b59df5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59df5;
$custom-light: #cdbaf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59df5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75066,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DF5

secondary

#ECF4D7

accent

#DE08A3

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DF5

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

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