#B59DF9#B59DF9

#B59DF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DF9
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 249)
HSL	hsl(256, 88%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 36.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 27.97, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 51.10, 303.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0557 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.132 295)
XYZ	xyz(48.2078, 40.7766, 94.9350)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DF9 #E1F99D

analogous

#9DB3F9 #B59DF9 #E39DF9

triadic

#B59DF9 #F9B59D #9DF9B5

tetradic

#B59DF9 #F99DB3 #E1F99D #9DF9E3

square

#B59DF9 #F99DB3 #E1F99D #9DF9E3

split-complementary

#B59DF9 #F9E39D #B3F99D

monochromatic

#5E2AF2 #8963F5 #B59DF9 #E1D7FD #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B59DF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B59DF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DF9

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DF9	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ACFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87AAF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59df9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbafb',
    500: '#b59df9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59df9;
$custom-light: #cdbafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59df9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 88.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75256,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.40777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DF9

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E500A9

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DF9

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

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