#B59EC2#B59EC2

#B59EC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.057 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EC2
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(278, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 15.14, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 21.59, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0392 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.057 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0189, 38.1729, 56.2357)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EC2 #ABC29E

analogous

#A39EC2 #B59EC2 #C29EBD

triadic

#B59EC2 #C2B59E #9EC2B5

tetradic

#B59EC2 #C2A39E #ABC29E #9EBDC2

square

#B59EC2 #C2A39E #ABC29E #9EBDC2

split-complementary

#B59EC2 #BDC29E #9EC2A3

monochromatic

#7A598D #9878AA #B59EC2 #D2C4DA #EEE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B59EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EC2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EC2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.057 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad4',
    500: '#b59ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ec2;
$custom-light: #cbbad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73122,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EC2

secondary

#DCE3D9

accent

#A14466

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EC2

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

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