#B59FE6#B59FE6

#B59FE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FE6
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 30.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 22.38, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 39.77, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0485 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.103 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7340, 40.3329, 80.2232)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FE6 #D0E69F

analogous

#9FADE6 #B59FE6 #D99FE6

triadic

#B59FE6 #E6B59F #9FE6B5

tetradic

#B59FE6 #E69FAD #D0E69F #9FE6D9

square

#B59FE6 #E69FAD #D0E69F #9FE6D9

split-complementary

#B59FE6 #E6D99F #ADE69F

monochromatic

#6A3ECD #906ED9 #B59FE6 #DAD0F3 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B59FE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B59FE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FE6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FE6	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbee',
    500: '#b59fe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fe6;
$custom-light: #ccbbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FE6

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C61F93

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FE6

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

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