#B59ECE#B59ECE

#B59ECE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.072 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ECE
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 17.63, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 27.74, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0431 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.072 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4214, 38.7339, 63.6221)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ECE #B7CE9E

analogous

#9E9FCE #B59ECE #CD9ECE

triadic

#B59ECE #CEB59E #9ECEB5

tetradic

#B59ECE #CE9E9F #B7CE9E #9ECECD

square

#B59ECE #CE9E9F #B7CE9E #9ECECD

split-complementary

#B59ECE #CECD9E #9FCE9E

monochromatic

#7751A1 #9675B9 #B59ECE #D4C7E3 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B59ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ECE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ECE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.072 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadd',
    500: '#b59ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ece;
$custom-light: #cbbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73575,
    "c": 0.07249,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ECE

secondary

#E4EADE

accent

#AC3A75

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ECE

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

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