#B59ABB#B59ABB

#B59ABB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.056 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ABB
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(289, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 15.97, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 20.81, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0429 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.056 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5800, 36.5234, 51.9687)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ABB #A0BB9A

analogous

#A59ABB #B59ABB #BB9AB1

triadic

#B59ABB #BBB59A #9ABBB5

tetradic

#B59ABB #BBA59A #A0BB9A #9AB1BB

square

#B59ABB #BBA59A #A0BB9A #9AB1BB

split-complementary

#B59ABB #B1BB9A #9ABBA5

monochromatic

#7B5883 #9A75A2 #B59ABB #D0BFD4 #EBE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B59ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ABB

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ABB	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)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.056 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7cf',
    500: '#b59abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59abb;
$custom-light: #cbb7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 19.527,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72095,
    "c": 0.05589,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ABB

secondary

#D5DED3

accent

#9E4857

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ABB

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

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