#B59BBC#B59BBC

#B59BBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.055 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BBC
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 15.61, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 20.62, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0417 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.055 319)
XYZ	xyz(39.8532, 36.8978, 52.5897)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BBC #A2BC9B

analogous

#A59BBC #B59BBC #BC9BB2

triadic

#B59BBC #BCB59B #9BBCB5

tetradic

#B59BBC #BCA59B #A2BC9B #9BB2BC

square

#B59BBC #BCA59B #A2BC9B #9BB2BC

split-complementary

#B59BBC #B2BC9B #9BBCA5

monochromatic

#7B5984 #9A76A3 #B59BBC #D0C0D5 #EBE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B59BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BBC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BBC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.055 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d0',
    500: '#b59bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bbc;
$custom-light: #cbb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.273,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.05523,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.36897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BBC

secondary

#D6DFD4

accent

#9E475A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BBC

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

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