#B59ECD#B59ECD

#B59ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.071 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ECD
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 17.42, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 27.22, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0428 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.071 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3003, 38.6855, 62.9844)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ECD #B6CD9E

analogous

#9E9ECD #B59ECD #CC9ECD

triadic

#B59ECD #CDB59E #9ECDB5

tetradic

#B59ECD #CD9E9E #B6CD9E #9ECDCC

square

#B59ECD #CD9E9E #B6CD9E #9ECDCC

split-complementary

#B59ECD #CDCC9E #9ECD9E

monochromatic

#77529F #9676B8 #B59ECD #D4C6E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B59ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ECD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ECD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.071 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadc',
    500: '#b59ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ecd;
$custom-light: #cbbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73536,
    "c": 0.07118,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ECD

secondary

#E4EADD

accent

#AB3B74

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ECD

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

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