#B59ECA#B59ECA

#B59ECA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.067 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ECA
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 16.79, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 25.67, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0418 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.067 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9417, 38.5420, 61.0955)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ECA #B3CA9E

analogous

#9F9ECA #B59ECA #CA9EC9

triadic

#B59ECA #CAB59E #9ECAB5

tetradic

#B59ECA #CA9F9E #B3CA9E #9EC9CA

square

#B59ECA #CA9F9E #B3CA9E #9EC9CA

split-complementary

#B59ECA #C9CA9E #9ECA9F

monochromatic

#78549A #9776B4 #B59ECA #D3C6E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B59ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ECA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ECA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.067 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbada',
    500: '#b59eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eca;
$custom-light: #cbbada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.06728,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ECA

secondary

#E2E8DC

accent

#A83E70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ECA

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

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