#B59FD2#B59FD2

#B59FD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.076 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FD2
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 36%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 24%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 17.93, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 29.19, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0428 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.076 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0848, 39.2733, 66.2710)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FD2 #BCD29F

analogous

#9FA3D2 #B59FD2 #CE9FD2

triadic

#B59FD2 #D2B59F #9FD2B5

tetradic

#B59FD2 #D29FA3 #BCD29F #9FD2CE

square

#B59FD2 #D29FA3 #BCD29F #9FD2CE

split-complementary

#B59FD2 #D2CE9F #A3D29F

monochromatic

#754FA8 #9575BE #B59FD2 #D5C9E6 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B59FD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B59FD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FD2

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FD2	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.076 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbe0',
    500: '#b59fd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fd2;
$custom-light: #cbbbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73923,
    "c": 0.07606,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FD2

secondary

#E6ECDF

accent

#AF367B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FD2

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

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