#B959DB#B959DB

#B959DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.204 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959DB
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 58.53, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 77.23, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1474 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.204 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3642, 22.5748, 69.4459)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959DB #7BDB59

analogous

#7859DB #B959DB #DB59BC

triadic

#B959DB #DBB959 #59DBB9

tetradic

#B959DB #DB7859 #7BDB59 #59BCDB

square

#B959DB #DB7859 #7BDB59 #59BCDB

split-complementary

#B959DB #BCDB59 #59DB78

monochromatic

#792199 #A12CCB #B959DB #CE8BE6 #E3BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B959DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B959DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959DB

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959DB	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.204 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18de7',
    500: '#b959db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959db;
$custom-light: #d18de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6339,
    "c": 0.20397,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959DB

secondary

#BCE1AF

accent

#CC1948

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959DB

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

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