#B59BB7#B59BB7

#B59BB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.050 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BB7
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(296, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(296, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 14.64, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 18.26, 323.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.04 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.05 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3235, 36.6860, 49.8001)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BB7 #9DB79B

analogous

#A79BB7 #B59BB7 #B79BAB

triadic

#B59BB7 #B7B59B #9BB7B5

tetradic

#B59BB7 #B7A79B #9DB79B #9BABB7

square

#B59BB7 #B7A79B #9DB79B #9BABB7

split-complementary

#B59BB7 #ABB79B #9BB7A7

monochromatic

#7B5A7D #9B779D #B59BB7 #CFBFD1 #EAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B59BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B59BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BB7

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BB7	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.050 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8cc',
    500: '#b59bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bb7;
$custom-light: #cbb8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.0495,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BB7

secondary

#D3DBD2

accent

#9B4B51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BB7

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

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