#B59BB6#B59BB6

#B59BB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.048 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BB6
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(298, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 14.44, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 17.80, 324.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0396 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.048 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2198, 36.6445, 49.2539)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BB6 #9CB69B

analogous

#A79BB6 #B59BB6 #B69BA9

triadic

#B59BB6 #B6B59B #9BB6B5

tetradic

#B59BB6 #B6A79B #9CB69B #9BA9B6

square

#B59BB6 #B6A79B #9CB69B #9BA9B6

split-complementary

#B59BB6 #A9B69B #9BB6A7

monochromatic

#7B5B7C #9B789C #B59BB6 #CFBED0 #E9E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B59BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B59BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BB6

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BB6	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)

#99A1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.048 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8cb',
    500: '#b59bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bb6;
$custom-light: #cbb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 15.607,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.0484,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BB6

secondary

#D2DBD2

accent

#9A4C4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BB6

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

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