#B959F1#B959F1

#B959F1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.226 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959F1
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 241)
HSL	hsl(278, 84%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 63.1%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 63.08, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 87.55, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.1472 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.226 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4541, 23.8108, 85.7196)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959F1 #91F159

analogous

#6D59F1 #B959F1 #F159DD

triadic

#B959F1 #F1B959 #59F1B9

tetradic

#B959F1 #F16D59 #91F159 #59DDF1

square

#B959F1 #F16D59 #91F159 #59DDF1

split-complementary

#B959F1 #DDF159 #59F16D

monochromatic

#7F10BF #A121EC #B959F1 #D191F6 #E9CAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B959F1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B959F1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959F1

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959F1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959F1	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4788ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2779D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959f1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.226 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28df6',
    500: '#b959f1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959f1;
$custom-light: #d28df6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959f1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 84.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64715,
    "c": 0.22578,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959F1

secondary

#CCEDB9

accent

#E10556

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959F1

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

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