#B59EDD#B59EDD

#B59EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.092 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EDD
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 20.90, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 35.62, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0475 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.092 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3313, 39.4979, 73.6809)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EDD #C6DD9E

analogous

#9EA7DD #B59EDD #D59EDD

triadic

#B59EDD #DDB59E #9EDDB5

tetradic

#B59EDD #DD9EA7 #C6DD9E #9EDDD5

square

#B59EDD #DD9EA7 #C6DD9E #9EDDD5

split-complementary

#B59EDD #DDD59E #A7DD9E

monochromatic

#7043BD #9271CD #B59EDD #D8CBED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B59EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B59EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EDD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EDD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.092 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbae7',
    500: '#b59edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59edd;
$custom-light: #ccbae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.905,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BB2A86

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EDD

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

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