#B59ABC#B59ABC

#B59ABC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.057 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ABC
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 16.17, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 21.29, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0432 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.057 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6874, 36.5664, 52.5345)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ABC #A1BC9A

analogous

#A49ABC #B59ABC #BC9AB2

triadic

#B59ABC #BCB59A #9ABCB5

tetradic

#B59ABC #BCA49A #A1BC9A #9AB2BC

square

#B59ABC #BCA49A #A1BC9A #9AB2BC

split-complementary

#B59ABC #B2BC9A #9ABCA4

monochromatic

#7B5884 #9A75A4 #B59ABC #D0BFD4 #EBE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B59ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ABC

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ABC	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.057 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7d0',
    500: '#b59abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59abc;
$custom-light: #cbb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72131,
    "c": 0.05705,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ABC

secondary

#D6DED4

accent

#9F4759

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ABC

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

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