#B59FDD#B59FDD

#B59FDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.091 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FDD
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 20.34, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 34.99, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.046 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.091 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5026, 39.8404, 73.7380)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FDD #C7DD9F

analogous

#9FA8DD #B59FDD #D49FDD

triadic

#B59FDD #DDB59F #9FDDB5

tetradic

#B59FDD #DD9FA8 #C7DD9F #9FDDD4

square

#B59FDD #DD9FA8 #C7DD9F #9FDDD4

split-complementary

#B59FDD #DDD49F #A8DD9F

monochromatic

#6F45BD #9272CD #B59FDD #D8CCED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B59FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FDD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FDD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.091 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbe7',
    500: '#b59fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fdd;
$custom-light: #ccbbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BB2B88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FDD

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

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