#B959BF#B959BF

#B959BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.177 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959BF
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(296, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 53.12, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 64.55, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1454 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.177 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9832, 21.2224, 51.6391)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959BF #5FBF59

analogous

#8659BF #B959BF #BF5992

triadic

#B959BF #BFB959 #59BFB9

tetradic

#B959BF #BF8659 #5FBF59 #5992BF

square

#B959BF #BF8659 #5FBF59 #5992BF

split-complementary

#B959BF #92BF59 #59BF86

monochromatic

#6E2C72 #983D9E #B959BF #CC85D0 #DEB1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B959BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B959BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959BF

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959BF	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C77C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.177 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08cd2',
    500: '#b959bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959bf;
$custom-light: #d08cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61869,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959BF

secondary

#A7CFA4

accent

#D4545B

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959BF

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

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