#B59EE2#B59EE2

#B59EE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EE2
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 22.03, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 38.27, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0488 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.099 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0074, 39.7683, 77.2417)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EE2 #CBE29E

analogous

#9EA9E2 #B59EE2 #D79EE2

triadic

#B59EE2 #E2B59E #9EE2B5

tetradic

#B59EE2 #E29EA9 #CBE29E #9EE2D7

square

#B59EE2 #E29EA9 #CBE29E #9EE2D7

split-complementary

#B59EE2 #E2D79E #A9E29E

monochromatic

#6D40C6 #916FD4 #B59EE2 #D9CDF0 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B59EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EE2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EE2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaeb',
    500: '#b59ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ee2;
$custom-light: #ccbaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.294,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74395,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EE2

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C1248C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EE2

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

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