#B59FC2#B59FC2

#B59FC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.055 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FC2
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 194)
HSL	hsl(278, 22%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 18%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 14.59, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 20.93, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0377 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.055 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1902, 38.5154, 56.2928)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FC2 #ACC29F

analogous

#A49FC2 #B59FC2 #C29FBE

triadic

#B59FC2 #C2B59F #9FC2B5

tetradic

#B59FC2 #C2A49F #ACC29F #9FBEC2

square

#B59FC2 #C2A49F #ACC29F #9FBEC2

split-complementary

#B59FC2 #BEC29F #9FC2A4

monochromatic

#7A5A8D #987AAA #B59FC2 #D2C4DA #EFEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59FC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B59FC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FC2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FC2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.055 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd4',
    500: '#b59fc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fc2;
$custom-light: #cbbbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 22.293,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73316,
    "c": 0.0553,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FC2

secondary

#DDE3D9

accent

#A14567

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FC2

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

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