#B59FDB#B59FDB

#B59FDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.088 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FDB
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 219)
HSL	hsl(262, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 19.90, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 33.93, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0455 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.088 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2377, 39.7344, 72.3431)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FDB #C5DB9F

analogous

#9FA7DB #B59FDB #D39FDB

triadic

#B59FDB #DBB59F #9FDBB5

tetradic

#B59FDB #DB9FA7 #C5DB9F #9FDBD3

square

#B59FDB #DB9FA7 #C5DB9F #9FDBD3

split-complementary

#B59FDB #DBD39F #A7DB9F

monochromatic

#7046BA #9372CA #B59FDB #D7CCEC #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B59FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B59FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FDB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FDB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.088 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbe6',
    500: '#b59fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fdb;
$custom-light: #ccbbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FDB

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#B92D85

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FDB

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

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