#B59FCD#B59FCD

#B59FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.069 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FCD
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 16.86, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 26.57, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0413 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.069 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4716, 39.0280, 63.0415)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FCD #B7CD9F

analogous

#9FA0CD #B59FCD #CC9FCD

triadic

#B59FCD #CDB59F #9FCDB5

tetradic

#B59FCD #CD9FA0 #B7CD9F #9FCDCC

square

#B59FCD #CD9FA0 #B7CD9F #9FCDCC

split-complementary

#B59FCD #CDCC9F #A0CD9F

monochromatic

#77539F #9677B8 #B59FCD #D4C7E2 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B59FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FCD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FCD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.069 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbdc',
    500: '#b59fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fcd;
$custom-light: #cbbbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.06946,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FCD

secondary

#E4EADE

accent

#AA3B75

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FCD

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

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