#B59BB9#B59BB9

#B59BB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.052 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BB9
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(292, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(292, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 15.02, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 19.19, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0407 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.052 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5331, 36.7698, 50.9042)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BB9 #9FB99B

analogous

#A69BB9 #B59BB9 #B99BAE

triadic

#B59BB9 #B9B59B #9BB9B5

tetradic

#B59BB9 #B9A69B #9FB99B #9BAEB9

square

#B59BB9 #B9A69B #9FB99B #9BAEB9

split-complementary

#B59BB9 #AEB99B #9BB9A6

monochromatic

#7B5A80 #9A77A0 #B59BB9 #D0BFD2 #EAE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B59BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BB9

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BB9	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.052 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8ce',
    500: '#b59bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bb9;
$custom-light: #cbb8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72218,
    "c": 0.05175,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BB9

secondary

#D4DDD3

accent

#9C4A55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BB9

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

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