#B59FDF#B59FDF

#B59FDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.093 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FDF
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 28.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 20.79, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 36.05, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0466 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.093 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7706, 39.9476, 75.1497)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FDF #C9DF9F

analogous

#9FA9DF #B59FDF #D59FDF

triadic

#B59FDF #DFB59F #9FDFB5

tetradic

#B59FDF #DF9FA9 #C9DF9F #9FDFD5

square

#B59FDF #DF9FA9 #C9DF9F #9FDFD5

split-complementary

#B59FDF #DFD59F #A9DF9F

monochromatic

#6E43C0 #9271D0 #B59FDF #D8CDEE #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B59FDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B59FDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FDF

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FDF	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.093 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbe9',
    500: '#b59fdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fdf;
$custom-light: #ccbbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74455,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FDF

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BD288A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FDF

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

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