#B959CC#B959CC

#B959CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.189 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959CC
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 55.58, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 70.34, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1467 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.189 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4778, 21.8202, 59.5107)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959CC #6CCC59

analogous

#8059CC #B959CC #CC59A5

triadic

#B959CC #CCB959 #59CCB9

tetradic

#B959CC #CC8059 #6CCC59 #59A5CC

square

#B959CC #CC8059 #6CCC59 #59A5CC

split-complementary

#B959CC #A5CC59 #59CC80

monochromatic

#742883 #9D36B1 #B959CC #CD88DA #E0B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B959CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B959CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959CC

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959CC	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.189 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cdc',
    500: '#b959cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959cc;
$custom-light: #d18cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.087,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62551,
    "c": 0.1894,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959CC

secondary

#B1D8A9

accent

#DC4B63

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959CC

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

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