#B59EC6#B59EC6

#B59EC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.062 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EC6
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(275, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 15.96, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 23.61, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0405 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.062 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4742, 38.3550, 58.6335)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EC6 #AFC69E

analogous

#A19EC6 #B59EC6 #C69EC3

triadic

#B59EC6 #C6B59E #9EC6B5

tetradic

#B59EC6 #C6A19E #AFC69E #9EC3C6

square

#B59EC6 #C6A19E #AFC69E #9EC3C6

split-complementary

#B59EC6 #C3C69E #9EC6A1

monochromatic

#795693 #9877AF #B59EC6 #D2C5DD #F0EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B59EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EC6

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EC6	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.062 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad7',
    500: '#b59ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ec6;
$custom-light: #cbbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 25.974,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7327,
    "c": 0.06214,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EC6

secondary

#DFE6DA

accent

#A5416B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EC6

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

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