#B59BB4#B59BB4

#B59BB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.046 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BB4
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(302, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(302, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 14.06, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 16.90, 326.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0389 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.046 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0146, 36.5624, 48.1732)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BB4 #9BB59C

analogous

#A99BB5 #B59BB4 #B59BA7

triadic

#B59BB4 #B4B59B #9BB4B5

tetradic

#B59BB4 #B5A99B #9BB59C #9BA7B5

square

#B59BB4 #B5A99B #9BB59C #9BA7B5

split-complementary

#B59BB4 #A7B59B #9BB5A9

monochromatic

#7B5B7A #9B789A #B59BB4 #CFBECE #E9E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B59BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BB4

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BB4	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)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.046 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8ca',
    500: '#b59bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bb4;
$custom-light: #cbb8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.04626,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BB4

secondary

#D2DAD2

accent

#994F4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BB4

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

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