#B59CB2#B59CB2

#B59CB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.042 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CB2
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(307, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 13.12, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 15.36, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0366 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.042 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9794, 36.8157, 47.1636)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CB2 #9CB59F

analogous

#AB9CB5 #B59CB2 #B59CA5

triadic

#B59CB2 #B2B59C #9CB2B5

tetradic

#B59CB2 #B5AB9C #9CB59F #9CA5B5

square

#B59CB2 #B5AB9C #9CB59F #9CA5B5

split-complementary

#B59CB2 #A5B59C #9CB5AB

monochromatic

#7B5C77 #9B7997 #B59CB2 #CFBFCD #E9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B59CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CB2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CB2	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.042 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9c9',
    500: '#b59cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cb2;
$custom-light: #cbb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.2,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72173,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CB2

secondary

#D2DBD3

accent

#99564D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CB2

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

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