#B59EE9#B59EE9

#B59EE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.109 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EE9
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 23.63, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 41.99, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0506 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.109 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9876, 40.1604, 82.4039)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EE9 #D2E99E

analogous

#9EADE9 #B59EE9 #DB9EE9

triadic

#B59EE9 #E9B59E #9EE9B5

tetradic

#B59EE9 #E99EAD #D2E99E #9EE9DB

square

#B59EE9 #E99EAD #D2E99E #9EE9DB

split-complementary

#B59EE9 #E9DB9E #ADE99E

monochromatic

#693AD2 #8F6CDE #B59EE9 #DBD0F4 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B59EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B59EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EE9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EE9	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.109 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaf0',
    500: '#b59ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ee9;
$custom-light: #ccbaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.4,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74701,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EE9

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CB1B95

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EE9

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

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