#B59BBA#B59BBA

#B59BBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.053 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BBA
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 186)
HSL	hsl(290, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(290, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 15.22, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 19.66, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.041 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.053 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6391, 36.8122, 51.4621)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BBA #A0BA9B

analogous

#A69BBA #B59BBA #BA9BB0

triadic

#B59BBA #BAB59B #9BBAB5

tetradic

#B59BBA #BAA69B #A0BA9B #9BB0BA

square

#B59BBA #BAA69B #A0BA9B #9BB0BA

split-complementary

#B59BBA #B0BA9B #9BBAA6

monochromatic

#7B5981 #9A77A1 #B59BBA #D0BFD3 #EBE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B59BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BBA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BBA	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.053 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8ce',
    500: '#b59bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bba;
$custom-light: #cbb8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 18.343,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.0529,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BBA

secondary

#D5DDD3

accent

#9D4956

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BBA

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

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