#B59BB5#B59BB5

#B59BB5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.047 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BB5
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 14.25, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 17.35, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0393 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.047 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1168, 36.6033, 48.7116)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BB5 #9BB59B

analogous

#A89BB5 #B59BB5 #B59BA8

triadic

#B59BB5 #B5B59B #9BB5B5

tetradic

#B59BB5 #B5A89B #9BB59B #9BA8B5

square

#B59BB5 #B5A89B #9BB59B #9BA8B5

split-complementary

#B59BB5 #A8B59B #9BB5A8

monochromatic

#7B5B7B #9B789B #B59BB5 #CFBECF #E9E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B59BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B59BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BB5

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BB5	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.047 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8cb',
    500: '#b59bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bb5;
$custom-light: #cbb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.04731,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BB5

secondary

#D2DAD2

accent

#994C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BB5

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

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