#B959CD#B959CD

#B959CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.190 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959CD
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, 55.77, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 70.79, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1468 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.19 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5981, 21.8684, 60.1443)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959CD #6DCD59

analogous

#7F59CD #B959CD #CD59A7

triadic

#B959CD #CDB959 #59CDB9

tetradic

#B959CD #CD7F59 #6DCD59 #59A7CD

square

#B959CD #CD7F59 #6DCD59 #59A7CD

split-complementary

#B959CD #A7CD59 #59CD7F

monochromatic

#742884 #9D36B3 #B959CD #CD88DB #E1B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B959CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B959CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959CD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959CD	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.190 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cdd',
    500: '#b959cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959cd;
$custom-light: #d18cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62605,
    "c": 0.19035,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959CD

secondary

#B2D8AA

accent

#DD4B64

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959CD

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

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