#B59FEE#B59FEE

#B59FEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FEE
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 24.24, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 44.02, 303.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0505 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.114 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8832, 40.7927, 86.2761)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FEE #D8EE9F

analogous

#9FB0EE #B59FEE #DD9FEE

triadic

#B59FEE #EEB59F #9FEEB5

tetradic

#B59FEE #EE9FB0 #D8EE9F #9FEEDD

square

#B59FEE #EE9FB0 #D8EE9F #9FEEDD

split-complementary

#B59FEE #EEDD9F #B0EE9F

monochromatic

#6537DC #8D6BE5 #B59FEE #DDD3F7 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B59FEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B59FEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FEE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FEE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbf4',
    500: '#b59fee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fee;
$custom-light: #ccbbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.709,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FEE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D2149D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FEE

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

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