#B59FEB#B59FEB

#B59FEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FEB
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 235)
HSL	hsl(257, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 32.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 23.54, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 42.42, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0497 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.11 297)
XYZ	xyz(46.4462, 40.6178, 83.9742)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FEB #D5EB9F

analogous

#9FAFEB #B59FEB #DB9FEB

triadic

#B59FEB #EBB59F #9FEBB5

tetradic

#B59FEB #EB9FAF #D5EB9F #9FEBDB

square

#B59FEB #EB9FAF #D5EB9F #9FEBDB

split-complementary

#B59FEB #EBDB9F #AFEB9F

monochromatic

#673AD6 #8E6CE0 #B59FEB #DCD2F6 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B59FEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#B59FEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FEB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FEB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59feb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbf1',
    500: '#b59feb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59feb;
$custom-light: #ccbbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59feb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.40618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FEB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CD1899

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FEB

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

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