#B59ECC#B59ECC

#B59ECC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.070 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ECC
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 17.21, -20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 26.70, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0425 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.07 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1800, 38.6373, 62.3507)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ECC #B5CC9E

analogous

#9E9ECC #B59ECC #CC9ECC

triadic

#B59ECC #CCB59E #9ECCB5

tetradic

#B59ECC #CC9E9E #B5CC9E #9ECCCC

square

#B59ECC #CC9E9E #B5CC9E #9ECCCC

split-complementary

#B59ECC #CCCC9E #9ECC9E

monochromatic

#78539D #9676B7 #B59ECC #D4C6E1 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B59ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ECC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ECC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.070 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadb',
    500: '#b59ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ecc;
$custom-light: #cbbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 31.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.06988,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ECC

secondary

#E3E9DD

accent

#AA3C73

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ECC

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

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