#B59ABA#B59ABA

#B59ABA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.055 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ABA
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(291, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(291, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 15.78, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 20.33, 320.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0425 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.055 321)
XYZ	xyz(39.4733, 36.4807, 51.4069)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ABA #9FBA9A

analogous

#A59ABA #B59ABA #BA9AAF

triadic

#B59ABA #BAB59A #9ABAB5

tetradic

#B59ABA #BAA59A #9FBA9A #9AAFBA

square

#B59ABA #BAA59A #9FBA9A #9AAFBA

split-complementary

#B59ABA #AFBA9A #9ABAA5

monochromatic

#7B5881 #9A76A1 #B59ABA #D0BED3 #EAE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B59ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ABA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ABA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.055 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7ce',
    500: '#b59aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59aba;
$custom-light: #cbb7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.05473,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.3648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ABA

secondary

#D4DDD3

accent

#9D4856

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ABA

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

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