#B59CBC#B59CBC

#B59CBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.053 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CBC
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 15.06, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 19.95, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0402 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.053 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0203, 37.2321, 52.6454)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CBC #A3BC9C

analogous

#A59CBC #B59CBC #BC9CB3

triadic

#B59CBC #BCB59C #9CBCB5

tetradic

#B59CBC #BCA59C #A3BC9C #9CB3BC

square

#B59CBC #BCA59C #A3BC9C #9CB3BC

split-complementary

#B59CBC #B3BC9C #9CBCA5

monochromatic

#7B5984 #9A78A3 #B59CBC #D0C0D5 #ECE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B59CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CBC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CBC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.053 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9d0',
    500: '#b59cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cbc;
$custom-light: #cbb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72518,
    "c": 0.05341,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CBC

secondary

#D7DFD5

accent

#9E485B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CBC

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

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