#B959EE#B959EE

#B959EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.223 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959EE
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 62.45, -59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 86.13, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1473 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.223 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0097, 23.6330, 83.3790)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959EE #8EEE59

analogous

#6F59EE #B959EE #EE59D8

triadic

#B959EE #EEB959 #59EEB9

tetradic

#B959EE #EE6F59 #8EEE59 #59D8EE

square

#B959EE #EE6F59 #8EEE59 #59D8EE

split-complementary

#B959EE #D8EE59 #59EE6F

monochromatic

#7E13BA #A221E8 #B959EE #D091F4 #E8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B959EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B959EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959EE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959EE	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D81F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.223 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28df4',
    500: '#b959ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959ee;
$custom-light: #d28df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.658,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.22278,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959EE

secondary

#CAEBB7

accent

#DE0854

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959EE

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

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