#B59FCA#B59FCA

#B59FCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.066 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FCA
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 16.23, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 25.02, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0403 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.066 308)
XYZ	xyz(42.1129, 38.8845, 61.1526)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FCA #B4CA9F

analogous

#9F9FCA #B59FCA #CA9FC9

triadic

#B59FCA #CAB59F #9FCAB5

tetradic

#B59FCA #CA9F9F #B4CA9F #9FC9CA

square

#B59FCA #CA9F9F #B4CA9F #9FC9CA

split-complementary

#B59FCA #C9CA9F #9FCA9F

monochromatic

#78559A #9778B4 #B59FCA #D3C6E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59FCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B59FCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FCA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FCA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.066 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbda',
    500: '#b59fca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fca;
$custom-light: #cbbbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.06553,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.38884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FCA

secondary

#E2E8DD

accent

#A83E72

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FCA

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

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