#B59DFF#B59DFF

#B59DFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.140 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DFF
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 255)
HSL	hsl(255, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(255, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 29.43, -45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 54.27, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0569 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.14 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1586, 41.1570, 99.9425)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DFF #E7FF9D

analogous

#9DB6FF #B59DFF #E69DFF

triadic

#B59DFF #FFB59D #9DFFB5

tetradic

#B59DFF #FF9DB6 #E7FF9D #9DFFE6

square

#B59DFF #FF9DB6 #E7FF9D #9DFFE6

split-complementary

#B59DFF #FFE69D #B6FF9D

monochromatic

#5923FF #8760FF #B59DFF #E3DAFF #E8E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B59DFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B59DFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DFF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DFF	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84AAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.140 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbaff',
    500: '#b59dff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dff;
$custom-light: #cdbaff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75546,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DFF

secondary

#EFF7D4

accent

#E600AD

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#828086

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DFF

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

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