#B59ABE#B59ABE

#B59ABE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.059 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59ABE
RGB	rgb(181, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 16.57, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 22.26, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0439 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.059 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9045, 36.6532, 53.6778)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59ABE #A3BE9A

analogous

#A39ABE #B59ABE #BE9AB5

triadic

#B59ABE #BEB59A #9ABEB5

tetradic

#B59ABE #BEA39A #A3BE9A #9AB5BE

square

#B59ABE #BEA39A #A3BE9A #9AB5BE

split-complementary

#B59ABE #B5BE9A #9ABEA3

monochromatic

#7B5787 #9A75A6 #B59ABE #D0BFD6 #ECE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B59ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B59ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59ABE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59ABE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.059 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb7d1',
    500: '#b59abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59abe;
$custom-light: #cbb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.05942,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59ABE

secondary

#D7E0D4

accent

#A0455C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59ABE

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

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