#B959F8#B959F8

#B959F8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.233 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B959F8
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 248)
HSL	hsl(276, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 64.57, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 90.86, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.1468 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.233 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5199, 24.2371, 91.3324)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B959F8 #98F859

analogous

#6959F8 #B959F8 #F859E8

triadic

#B959F8 #F8B959 #59F8B9

tetradic

#B959F8 #F86959 #98F859 #59E8F8

square

#B959F8 #F86959 #98F859 #59E8F8

split-complementary

#B959F8 #E8F859 #59F869

monochromatic

#8009CE #A01EF6 #B959F8 #D294FA #EBCEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B959F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B959F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B959F8

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B959F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B959F8	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0083FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F88F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b959f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.233 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28efb',
    500: '#b959f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b959f8;
$custom-light: #d28efb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b959f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.226,
    "s": 91.908,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65159,
    "c": 0.23276,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B959F8

secondary

#D1F1BC

accent

#E6005B

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B959F8

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

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