#B959ED#B959ED

#B959ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.222 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959ED
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(279, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 62.24, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 85.66, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1474 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.222 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8632, 23.5744, 82.6074)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959ED #8DED59

analogous

#6F59ED #B959ED #ED59D7

triadic

#B959ED #EDB959 #59EDB9

tetradic

#B959ED #ED6F59 #8DED59 #59D7ED

square

#B959ED #ED6F59 #8DED59 #59D7ED

split-complementary

#B959ED #D7ED59 #59ED6F

monochromatic

#7E14B8 #A222E7 #B959ED #D090F3 #E8C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B959ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B959ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959ED

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959ED	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1181F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.222 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28df3',
    500: '#b959ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959ed;
$custom-light: #d28df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64466,
    "c": 0.22179,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959ED

secondary

#C9EBB7

accent

#DD0953

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959ED

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

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