#B59BB3#B59BB3

#B59BB3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.045 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BB3
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(305, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 13.87, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 16.46, 327.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0385 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.045 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9131, 36.5218, 47.6386)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BB3 #9BB59D

analogous

#AA9BB5 #B59BB3 #B59BA6

triadic

#B59BB3 #B3B59B #9BB3B5

tetradic

#B59BB3 #B5AA9B #9BB59D #9BA6B5

square

#B59BB3 #B5AA9B #9BB59D #9BA6B5

split-complementary

#B59BB3 #A6B59B #9BB5AA

monochromatic

#7B5B78 #9B7898 #B59BB3 #CFBECE #E9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B59BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BB3

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BB3	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)

#9AA1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.045 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8c9',
    500: '#b59bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bb3;
$custom-light: #cbb8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.04521,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BB3

secondary

#D2DAD2

accent

#99524C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BB3

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

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