#B59FF5#B59FF5

#B59FF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FF5
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 245)
HSL	hsl(255, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 35.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 25.90, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 47.74, 302.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0521 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.123 295)
XYZ	xyz(47.9317, 41.2120, 91.7979)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FF5 #DFF59F

analogous

#9FB4F5 #B59FF5 #E09FF5

triadic

#B59FF5 #F5B59F #9FF5B5

tetradic

#B59FF5 #F59FB4 #DFF59F #9FF5E0

square

#B59FF5 #F59FB4 #DFF59F #9FF5E0

split-complementary

#B59FF5 #F5E09F #B4F59F

monochromatic

#6030E9 #8A68EF #B59FF5 #E0D6FB #EAE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B59FF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B59FF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FF5

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FF5	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ADF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BABF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbbf8',
    500: '#b59ff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ff5;
$custom-light: #cdbbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 81.132,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FF5

secondary

#EDF4D7

accent

#DD08A7

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FF5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →