#B959F4#B959F4

#B959F4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.229 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959F4
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 244)
HSL	hsl(277, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 63.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 63.71, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 88.97, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.1471 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.229 310)
XYZ	xyz(39.9059, 23.9915, 88.0990)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959F4 #94F459

analogous

#6B59F4 #B959F4 #F459E2

triadic

#B959F4 #F4B959 #59F4B9

tetradic

#B959F4 #F46B59 #94F459 #59E2F4

square

#B959F4 #F46B59 #94F459 #59E2F4

split-complementary

#B959F4 #E2F459 #59F46B

monochromatic

#7F0DC6 #A120F0 #B959F4 #D192F8 #E9CCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B959F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B959F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959F4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959F4	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0082F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4488F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1789F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.229 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28df8',
    500: '#b959f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959f4;
$custom-light: #d28df8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.161,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64904,
    "c": 0.22877,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.23991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959F4

secondary

#CEEFBA

accent

#E40158

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959F4

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

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