#B59ECB#B59ECB

#B59ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.069 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ECB
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(271, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 17.00, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 26.18, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0421 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.069 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0605, 38.5895, 61.7211)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ECB #B4CB9E

analogous

#9E9ECB #B59ECB #CB9ECA

triadic

#B59ECB #CBB59E #9ECBB5

tetradic

#B59ECB #CB9E9E #B4CB9E #9ECACB

square

#B59ECB #CB9E9E #B4CB9E #9ECACB

split-complementary

#B59ECB #CACB9E #9ECB9E

monochromatic

#78539B #9776B6 #B59ECB #D3C6E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B59ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ECB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ECB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.069 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadb',
    500: '#b59ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ecb;
$custom-light: #cbbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.06858,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ECB

secondary

#E2E8DC

accent

#A93D72

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ECB

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

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