#B59FCE#B59FCE

#B59FCE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.071 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FCE
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 206)
HSL	hsl(268, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 17.08, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 27.09, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0416 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.071 306)
XYZ	xyz(42.5927, 39.0764, 63.6792)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FCE #B8CE9F

analogous

#9FA1CE #B59FCE #CD9FCE

triadic

#B59FCE #CEB59F #9FCEB5

tetradic

#B59FCE #CE9FA1 #B8CE9F #9FCECD

square

#B59FCE #CE9FA1 #B8CE9F #9FCECD

split-complementary

#B59FCE #CECD9F #A1CE9F

monochromatic

#7752A1 #9676B9 #B59FCE #D4C8E3 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59FCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B59FCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FCE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FCE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.071 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbdd',
    500: '#b59fce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fce;
$custom-light: #cbbbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 32.414,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FCE

secondary

#E5EADE

accent

#AB3A76

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FCE

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

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