#B659E5#B659E5

#B659E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.213 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B659E5
RGB	rgb(182, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 59.87, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 81.81, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1439 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.213 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0041, 22.7480, 76.5550)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B659E5 #88E559

analogous

#7059E5 #B659E5 #E559CE

triadic

#B659E5 #E5B659 #59E5B6

tetradic

#B659E5 #E57059 #88E559 #59CEE5

square

#B659E5 #E57059 #88E559 #59CEE5

split-complementary

#B659E5 #CEE559 #59E570

monochromatic

#791AA9 #9F24DD #B659E5 #CD8EED #E5C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B659E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B659E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B659E5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B659E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B659E5	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b659e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.213 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8dee',
    500: '#b659e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b659e5;
$custom-light: #cf8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b659e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63621,
    "c": 0.21276,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B659E5

secondary

#C4E6B3

accent

#D51052

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B659E5

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

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