#B59BBE#B59BBE

#B59BBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.058 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BBE
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 16.01, -14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 21.59, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0424 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.058 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0703, 36.9847, 53.7331)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BBE #A4BE9B

analogous

#A39BBE #B59BBE #BE9BB6

triadic

#B59BBE #BEB59B #9BBEB5

tetradic

#B59BBE #BEA39B #A4BE9B #9BB6BE

square

#B59BBE #BEA39B #A4BE9B #9BB6BE

split-complementary

#B59BBE #B6BE9B #9BBEA3

monochromatic

#7B5887 #9A76A6 #B59BBE #D0C0D6 #ECE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B59BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B59BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BBE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BBE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.058 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d1',
    500: '#b59bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bbe;
$custom-light: #cbb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.05761,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BBE

secondary

#D8E0D5

accent

#A0465D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BBE

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

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