#B59FC3#B59FC3

#B59FC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.057 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FC3
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 195)
HSL	hsl(277, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 14.79, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 21.43, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.038 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.057 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3029, 38.5605, 56.8862)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FC3 #ADC39F

analogous

#A39FC3 #B59FC3 #C39FBF

triadic

#B59FC3 #C3B59F #9FC3B5

tetradic

#B59FC3 #C3A39F #ADC39F #9FBFC3

square

#B59FC3 #C3A39F #ADC39F #9FBFC3

split-complementary

#B59FC3 #BFC39F #9FC3A3

monochromatic

#7A598F #9879AB #B59FC3 #D2C5DB #EFEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59FC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B59FC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FC3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FC3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.057 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd5',
    500: '#b59fc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fc3;
$custom-light: #cbbbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.05656,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FC3

secondary

#DEE4DA

accent

#A24468

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FC3

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

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