#B59FCF#B59FCF

#B59FCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.072 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FCF
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 207)
HSL	hsl(268, 33%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 17.29, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 27.62, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0419 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.072 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7146, 39.1252, 64.3210)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FCF #B9CF9F

analogous

#9FA1CF #B59FCF #CD9FCF

triadic

#B59FCF #CFB59F #9FCFB5

tetradic

#B59FCF #CF9FA1 #B9CF9F #9FCFCD

square

#B59FCF #CF9FA1 #B9CF9F #9FCFCD

split-complementary

#B59FCF #CFCD9F #A1CF9F

monochromatic

#7651A2 #9676BB #B59FCF #D4C8E3 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B59FCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B59FCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FCF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FCF	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)

#97A7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.072 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbdd',
    500: '#b59fcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fcf;
$custom-light: #cbbbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FCF

secondary

#E5EBDF

accent

#AC3978

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FCF

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

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