#B59FC6#B59FC6

#B59FC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.060 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FC6
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 15.40, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 22.96, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.039 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.06 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6455, 38.6975, 58.6906)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FC6 #B0C69F

analogous

#A29FC6 #B59FC6 #C69FC3

triadic

#B59FC6 #C6B59F #9FC6B5

tetradic

#B59FC6 #C6A29F #B0C69F #9FC3C6

square

#B59FC6 #C6A29F #B0C69F #9FC3C6

split-complementary

#B59FC6 #C3C69F #9FC6A2

monochromatic

#795793 #9779AF #B59FC6 #D3C5DD #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59FC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B59FC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FC6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FC6	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.060 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd7',
    500: '#b59fc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fc6;
$custom-light: #cbbbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 25.49,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FC6

secondary

#E0E6DB

accent

#A4416C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FC6

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

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