#B59FC4#B59FC4

#B59FC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.058 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FC4
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 24%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 14.99, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 21.94, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0384 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.058 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4163, 38.6059, 57.4837)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FC4 #AEC49F

analogous

#A39FC4 #B59FC4 #C49FC1

triadic

#B59FC4 #C4B59F #9FC4B5

tetradic

#B59FC4 #C4A39F #AEC49F #9FC1C4

square

#B59FC4 #C4A39F #AEC49F #9FC1C4

split-complementary

#B59FC4 #C1C49F #9FC4A3

monochromatic

#7A5990 #9879AD #B59FC4 #D2C5DB #EFEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B59FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B59FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FC4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FC4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.058 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd6',
    500: '#b59fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fc4;
$custom-light: #cbbbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 23.871,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.05783,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FC4

secondary

#DEE5DA

accent

#A2436A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FC4

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

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