#B959EB#B959EB

#B959EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.220 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959EB
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 235)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 61.82, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 84.72, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1474 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.22 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5727, 23.4582, 81.0771)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959EB #8BEB59

analogous

#7059EB #B959EB #EB59D4

triadic

#B959EB #EBB959 #59EBB9

tetradic

#B959EB #EB7059 #8BEB59 #59D4EB

square

#B959EB #EB7059 #8BEB59 #59D4EB

split-complementary

#B959EB #D4EB59 #59EB70

monochromatic

#7E16B4 #A222E4 #B959EB #D090F2 #E7C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B959EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B959EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959EB

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959EB	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1780F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D87E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.220 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28df2',
    500: '#b959eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959eb;
$custom-light: #d28df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64343,
    "c": 0.2198,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959EB

secondary

#C8EAB6

accent

#DB0B52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959EB

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

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