#B59EE3#B59EE3

#B59EE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EE3
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 22.26, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 38.80, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0491 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.1 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1450, 39.8233, 77.9664)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EE3 #CCE39E

analogous

#9EA9E3 #B59EE3 #D79EE3

triadic

#B59EE3 #E3B59E #9EE3B5

tetradic

#B59EE3 #E39EA9 #CCE39E #9EE3D7

square

#B59EE3 #E39EA9 #CCE39E #9EE3D7

split-complementary

#B59EE3 #E3D79E #A9E39E

monochromatic

#6D3FC8 #916FD5 #B59EE3 #D9CDF1 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B59EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EE3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EE3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaec',
    500: '#b59ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ee3;
$custom-light: #ccbaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EE3

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C3238D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EE3

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

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