#B59EF8#B59EF8

#B59EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EF8
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 248)
HSL	hsl(255, 87%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 27.17, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 49.95, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0541 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.129 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2221, 41.0542, 94.1724)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EF8 #E1F89E

analogous

#9EB4F8 #B59EF8 #E29EF8

triadic

#B59EF8 #F8B59E #9EF8B5

tetradic

#B59EF8 #F89EB4 #E1F89E #9EF8E2

square

#B59EF8 #F89EB4 #E1F89E #9EF8E2

split-complementary

#B59EF8 #F8E29E #B4F89E

monochromatic

#5E2CF0 #8965F4 #B59EF8 #E1D7FC #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B59EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B59EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EF8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EF8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ACFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89AAF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbafb',
    500: '#b59ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ef8;
$custom-light: #cdbafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.333,
    "s": 86.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7539,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EF8

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E302AA

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EF8

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

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