#B59EC4#B59EC4

#B59EC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.060 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EC4
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(276, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 15.55, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 22.59, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0399 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.06 312)
XYZ	xyz(41.2451, 38.2634, 57.4266)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EC4 #ADC49E

analogous

#A29EC4 #B59EC4 #C49EC0

triadic

#B59EC4 #C4B59E #9EC4B5

tetradic

#B59EC4 #C4A29E #ADC49E #9EC0C4

square

#B59EC4 #C4A29E #ADC49E #9EC0C4

split-complementary

#B59EC4 #C0C49E #9EC4A2

monochromatic

#7A5890 #9878AD #B59EC4 #D2C4DB #EFEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B59EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EC4

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EC4	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.060 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad6',
    500: '#b59ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ec4;
$custom-light: #cbbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 24.359,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73196,
    "c": 0.0596,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.38263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EC4

secondary

#DEE4D9

accent

#A34369

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EC4

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

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