#B59ECF#B59ECF

#B59ECF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.074 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ECF
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 207)
HSL	hsl(268, 34%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 17.85, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 28.26, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0434 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.074 306)
XYZ	xyz(42.5433, 38.7826, 64.2639)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ECF #B8CF9E

analogous

#9EA0CF #B59ECF #CE9ECF

triadic

#B59ECF #CFB59E #9ECFB5

tetradic

#B59ECF #CF9EA0 #B8CF9E #9ECFCE

square

#B59ECF #CF9EA0 #B8CF9E #9ECFCE

split-complementary

#B59ECF #CFCE9E #A0CF9E

monochromatic

#7750A2 #9675BB #B59ECF #D4C7E3 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B59ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ECF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ECF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.074 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbadd',
    500: '#b59ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ecf;
$custom-light: #cbbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 33.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73614,
    "c": 0.0738,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ECF

secondary

#E5EBDE

accent

#AD3976

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ECF

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

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