Skip to content
violet · cool

#b69fec

a light, vivid violet · cool · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Morning Plum

RGB
182, 159, 236
HSL
258°, 67%, 78%
CMYK
23, 33, 0, 8
Luminance
0.4080

#b69fec is a light vivid violet, 258° on the wheel and 73/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.16:1). As text it scores 2.29:1 on white — use #825BDF instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is purple.

hsl(258 67% 78%)rgb(182 159 236)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b69fec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b69fec
Hue
258°
violet
Saturation
67%
vivid
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4080
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
73/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.16:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 10.7
Chroma
43.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.751
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
purple
500 · ΔE 18.9
Web-safe
#CC99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue258° of 360°
Saturation67%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b69fec.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool73% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green61%
Blue15%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#b69fec
HEX (8-digit)#b69fecff
RGBrgb(182, 159, 236)
RGBArgba(182, 159, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(258, 67%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 33%, 93%)
HWBhwb(258 62% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 33%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(70.0 24.1 -35.6)
LCHlch(70.0 43.0 304.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.751 0.111 297.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.83, 40.80, 84.75)
Decimal11968492
Display P3color(display-p3 0.714 0.624 0.925)
Web-safe#CC99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b69fec;
background-color: #b69fec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b69fec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b69fec] bg-[#b69fec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b69fec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.714, green: 0.624, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.714, green: 0.624, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B69FEC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB69FEC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB69FEC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 159, 182)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(182, 159, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(182, 159, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 182, 159, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7137f, 0.6235f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{182,159,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b69fec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b69fec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2F156A, #DBD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b69fec h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F3FB;
  --brand-100: #ECE8F8;
  --brand-200: #D6CAF1;
  --brand-300: #b69fec;
  --brand-400: #9472E3;
  --brand-500: #7044DA;
  --brand-600: #5928CC;
  --brand-700: #4A22AA;
  --brand-800: #3C1B88;
  --brand-900: #2E1763;
  --brand-950: #1D0F3E;
  --brand: #b69fec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F4FA;
  --brand-border: #CDC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #9F81E6;
  --brand-pressed: #8964E0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #191424;
    --brand-ink: #DBD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F3FB',
        100: '#ECE8F8',
        200: '#D6CAF1',
        300: '#b69fec',
        400: '#9472E3',
        500: '#7044DA',
        600: '#5928CC',
        700: '#4A22AA',
        800: '#3C1B88',
        900: '#2E1763',
        950: '#1D0F3E',
        DEFAULT: '#b69fec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F3FB,
  '100': #ECE8F8,
  '200': #D6CAF1,
  '300': #b69fec,
  '400': #9472E3,
  '500': #7044DA,
  '600': #5928CC,
  '700': #4A22AA,
  '800': #3C1B88,
  '900': #2E1763,
  '950': #1D0F3E,
);
$brand-base: #b69fec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECE8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D6CAF1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#b69fec", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9472E3", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7044DA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5928CC", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4A22AA", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3C1B88", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2E1763", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D0F3E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #b69fec · 9.16:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.29:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.16:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #b69fec as text scores 2.29:1 on white and 9.16:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2F156A at 6.38:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#825BDF · 4.66:1
AA on white−16% L
#825BDF
The quick fox
#6230D6 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−26% L
#6230D6
The quick fox
#b69fec · 9.16:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b69fec
The quick fox
#b69fec · 9.16:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#b69fec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #9F81E6 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b69fec on white: 2.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b69fec on black: 9.16:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b69fec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b69fec.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.29:1AaAa
Slate 502.19:1AaAa
Slate 1002.09:1AaAa
Slate 2001.86:1AaAa
Slate 3001.54:1AaAa
Slate 4001.12:1AaAa
Slate 5002.08:1AaAa
Slate 6003.31:1AaAa
Slate 7004.52:1AaAa
Slate 8006.38:1AaAa
Slate 9007.79:1AaAa
Black9.16:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8DABEF
deuteranopia · #90AAEA
tritanopia · #ACABBB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #b69fec is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F3FB
#ECE8F8
#D6CAF1
#b69fec
#9472E3
#7044DA
#5928CC
#4A22AA
#3C1B88
#2E1763
#1D0F3E
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6F3FBDarkest = 950 · #1D0F3EText step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.028 297.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 297.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.067 297.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.087 297.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.102 297.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.111 297.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.111 297.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.104 297.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.093 297.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.078 297.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.061 297.4);
}

Colors that work with #b69fec

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#CDC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#634B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A7AE1E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2F156A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFEAFB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#191424
Dark-mode background
Hover#9F81E6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8964E0
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C1ACF4
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #b69fec

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #2F156A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #9F81E6

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight23/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#D5EC9F
Analogous left#9FAFEC
Analogous right#DD9FEC
Split-complement 1#ECDD9F
Split-complement 2#AFEC9F
Triadic 1#ECB69F
Triadic 2#9FECB6
Tetradic#EC9FAF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°258°

#b69fec sits at 258°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red71.4%
Green62.4%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
182
0xb6
G · 0–255
159
0x9f
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.9%
Magenta32.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 63%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b69fec text on a black background

contrast 9.16:1

Card sample

#b69fec text on a white background

contrast 2.29:1

Card sample

#b69fec on grey

2.09:1

#b69fec on its own surface

2.10:1

#b69fec on its dark surface

7.85:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b69fec;
Background color
Panel with #b69fec background
background-color: #b69fec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b69fec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(182, 159, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(182, 159, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b69fec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b69fec, #E99FEC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b69fec, #EC9FDC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b69fec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b69fec;
caret-color: #b69fec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b69fec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFEAFB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b69fec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b69fec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b69fec over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(182, 159, 236, 0.5)
rgb(182 159 236 / 50%)
#b69fec80
hsl(258 67% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b69fec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b69fec1a#F8F5FD
20%#b69fec33#F0ECFB
40%#b69fec66#E2D9F7
60%#b69fec99#D3C5F4
80%#b69feccc#C5B2F0

Gradients from #b69fec

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DDD2F6, #b69fec 45%, #2F156A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b69fec, #E786E2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b69fec, #D5EC9F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0ECFB 0%, #b69fec 45%, #2F156A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CAD6F4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EAB9F1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2F156A 0%, transparent 65%), #b69fec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b69fec

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#b69fec in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.16:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#b69fec, answered

What color is #b69fec?

#b69fec is a light vivid violet, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 10.7). It sits at 258° on the hue wheel with 67% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #b69fec?

rgb(182, 159, 236) — 182 red, 159 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 71.4% / 62.4% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #b69fec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(258, 67%, 78%) and hsv(258, 33%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b69fec a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4080 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 9.16:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b69fec?

Black. It scores 9.16:1 against #b69fec, versus 2.29:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #b69fec accessible on a white background?

#b69fec on white scores 2.29:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #825BDF to reach 4.5:1, or #6230D6 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b69fec?

#D5EC9F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ECDD9F and #AFEC9F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b69fec?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #CDC0ED for borders, #634B9B for secondary text, #A7AE1E as an accent and #2F156A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9FAFEC and #DD9FEC stays calm, while #D5EC9F is the loudest partner.

What is #b69fec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(23%, 33%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #b69fec warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 73 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D29FEC; nudged cooler, #9EA3ED.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b69fec?

The purple family — its 500 step is #a855f7, ΔE2000 18.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b69fec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b69fec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b69fec] or text-[#b69fec], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #b69fec with 50% opacity?

rgba(182, 159, 236, 0.5), or #b69fec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DBCFF6; over black, #5B5076.

Is #b69fec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99FF, ΔE2000 5.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b69fec mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #b69fec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DDD2F6, #b69fec 45%, #2F156A). For more colour, a short hue run to #E786E2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b69fec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b69fec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.