#B59FDE#B59FDE

#B59FDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.092 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FDE
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 20.57, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 35.52, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0463 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.092 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6362, 39.8938, 74.4418)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FDE #C8DE9F

analogous

#9FA9DE #B59FDE #D49FDE

triadic

#B59FDE #DEB59F #9FDEB5

tetradic

#B59FDE #DE9FA9 #C8DE9F #9FDED4

square

#B59FDE #DE9FA9 #C8DE9F #9FDED4

split-complementary

#B59FDE #DED49F #A9DE9F

monochromatic

#6F44BF #9271CE #B59FDE #D8CDEE #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59FDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B59FDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FDE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FDE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.092 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbe8',
    500: '#b59fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fde;
$custom-light: #ccbbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FDE

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2989

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FDE

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

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