#B59FCB#B59FCB

#B59FCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.067 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FCB
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 203)
HSL	hsl(270, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 16.44, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 25.53, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0407 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.067 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2317, 38.9320, 61.7781)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FCB #B5CB9F

analogous

#9F9FCB #B59FCB #CB9FCB

triadic

#B59FCB #CBB59F #9FCBB5

tetradic

#B59FCB #CB9F9F #B5CB9F #9FCBCB

square

#B59FCB #CB9F9F #B5CB9F #9FCBCB

split-complementary

#B59FCB #CBCB9F #9FCB9F

monochromatic

#78549B #9677B5 #B59FCB #D4C7E1 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B59FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B59FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FCB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FCB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.067 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbdb',
    500: '#b59fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fcb;
$custom-light: #cbbbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73651,
    "c": 0.06684,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FCB

secondary

#E3E9DD

accent

#A83D73

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FCB

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

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