#B59DF8#B59DF8

#B59DF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DF8
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 248)
HSL	hsl(256, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 36.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 27.73, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 50.57, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.0555 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.13 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0522, 40.7144, 94.1158)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DF8 #E0F89D

analogous

#9DB3F8 #B59DF8 #E39DF8

triadic

#B59DF8 #F8B59D #9DF8B5

tetradic

#B59DF8 #F89DB3 #E0F89D #9DF8E3

square

#B59DF8 #F89DB3 #E0F89D #9DF8E3

split-complementary

#B59DF8 #F8E39D #B3F89D

monochromatic

#5F2BF0 #8A64F4 #B59DF8 #E0D6FC #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B59DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B59DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DF8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DF8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ACFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88AAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbafb',
    500: '#b59df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59df8;
$custom-light: #cdbafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.824,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75208,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DF8

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E302A8

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DF8

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

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