#B59BC2#B59BC2

#B59BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.062 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BC2
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(280, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 16.82, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 23.57, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0437 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.062 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5135, 37.1619, 56.0672)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BC2 #A8C29B

analogous

#A19BC2 #B59BC2 #C29BBB

triadic

#B59BC2 #C2B59B #9BC2B5

tetradic

#B59BC2 #C2A19B #A8C29B #9BBBC2

square

#B59BC2 #C2A19B #A8C29B #9BBBC2

split-complementary

#B59BC2 #BBC29B #9BC2A1

monochromatic

#7A568D #9975AB #B59BC2 #D1C1D9 #EDE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B59BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BC2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BC2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.062 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8d4',
    500: '#b59bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bc2;
$custom-light: #cbb8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72543,
    "c": 0.06248,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BC2

secondary

#DAE2D7

accent

#A34363

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BC2

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

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