#B59BBB#B59BBB

#B59BBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.054 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BBB
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(289, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(289, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 15.42, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 20.14, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0414 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.054 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7458, 36.8549, 52.0240)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BBB #A1BB9B

analogous

#A59BBB #B59BBB #BB9BB1

triadic

#B59BBB #BBB59B #9BBBB5

tetradic

#B59BBB #BBA59B #A1BB9B #9BB1BB

square

#B59BBB #BBA59B #A1BB9B #9BB1BB

split-complementary

#B59BBB #B1BB9B #9BBBA5

monochromatic

#7B5983 #9A77A2 #B59BBB #D0BFD4 #EBE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B59BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BBB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BBB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.054 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8cf',
    500: '#b59bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bbb;
$custom-light: #cbb8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.05406,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BBB

secondary

#D6DED4

accent

#9D4858

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BBB

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

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