#B59BBF#B59BBF

#B59BBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.059 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BBF
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(283, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 16.21, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 22.08, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0427 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.059 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1799, 37.0285, 54.3107)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BBF #A5BF9B

analogous

#A39BBF #B59BBF #BF9BB7

triadic

#B59BBF #BFB59B #9BBFB5

tetradic

#B59BBF #BFA39B #A5BF9B #9BB7BF

square

#B59BBF #BFA39B #A5BF9B #9BB7BF

split-complementary

#B59BBF #B7BF9B #9BBFA3

monochromatic

#7B5788 #9976A7 #B59BBF #D1C0D7 #ECE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B59BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B59BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BBF

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BBF	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.059 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d2',
    500: '#b59bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bbf;
$custom-light: #cbb8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BBF

secondary

#D8E0D5

accent

#A0455E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BBF

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

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