#B59CBB#B59CBB

#B59CBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.052 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CBB
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(288, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 14.86, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 19.47, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0398 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.052 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9129, 37.1891, 52.0797)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CBB #A2BB9C

analogous

#A69CBB #B59CBB #BB9CB2

triadic

#B59CBB #BBB59C #9CBBB5

tetradic

#B59CBB #BBA69C #A2BB9C #9CB2BB

square

#B59CBB #BBA69C #A2BB9C #9CB2BB

split-complementary

#B59CBB #B2BB9C #9CBBA6

monochromatic

#7B5A83 #9A78A2 #B59CBB #D0C0D4 #EBE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B59CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CBB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CBB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.052 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9cf',
    500: '#b59cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cbb;
$custom-light: #cbb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.387,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.05223,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CBB

secondary

#D6DED5

accent

#9D4959

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CBB

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

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