#B59BBD#B59BBD

#B59BBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.056 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BBD
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 15.81, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 21.11, 318.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.042 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.056 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9614, 36.9411, 53.1594)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BBD #A3BD9B

analogous

#A49BBD #B59BBD #BD9BB4

triadic

#B59BBD #BDB59B #9BBDB5

tetradic

#B59BBD #BDA49B #A3BD9B #9BB4BD

square

#B59BBD #BDA49B #A3BD9B #9BB4BD

split-complementary

#B59BBD #B4BD9B #9BBDA4

monochromatic

#7B5885 #9A76A5 #B59BBD #D0C0D5 #ECE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B59BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B59BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BBD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BBD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.056 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d1',
    500: '#b59bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bbd;
$custom-light: #cbb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.05641,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BBD

secondary

#D7DFD5

accent

#9F475B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BBD

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

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