#B59FC7#B59FC7

#B59FC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.062 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FC7
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 199)
HSL	hsl(273, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 20.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 15.61, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 23.47, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0394 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.062 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7612, 38.7438, 59.3000)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FC7 #B1C79F

analogous

#A19FC7 #B59FC7 #C79FC5

triadic

#B59FC7 #C7B59F #9FC7B5

tetradic

#B59FC7 #C7A19F #B1C79F #9FC5C7

square

#B59FC7 #C7A19F #B1C79F #9FC5C7

split-complementary

#B59FC7 #C5C79F #9FC7A1

monochromatic

#795795 #9778B0 #B59FC7 #D3C6DE #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B59FC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B59FC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FC7

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FC7	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.062 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd8',
    500: '#b59fc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fc7;
$custom-light: #cbbbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.735,
    "c": 0.06166,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FC7

secondary

#E0E6DB

accent

#A5416E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FC7

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

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