#B59CB4#B59CB4

#B59CB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.044 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CB4
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(302, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(302, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 13.50, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 16.23, 326.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0374 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.044 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1817, 36.8966, 48.2289)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CB4 #9CB59D

analogous

#A99CB5 #B59CB4 #B59CA7

triadic

#B59CB4 #B4B59C #9CB4B5

tetradic

#B59CB4 #B5A99C #9CB59D #9CA7B5

square

#B59CB4 #B5A99C #9CB59D #9CA7B5

split-complementary

#B59CB4 #A7B59C #9CB5A9

monochromatic

#7B5C7A #9B7999 #B59CB4 #CFBFCF #E9E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B59CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CB4

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CB4	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.044 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9ca',
    500: '#b59cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cb4;
$custom-light: #cbb9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.4,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7224,
    "c": 0.04441,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CB4

secondary

#D2DBD3

accent

#99504D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CB4

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

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