#B59CBF#B59CBF

#B59CBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.057 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CBF
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(283, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 15.65, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 21.42, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0412 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.057 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3470, 37.3628, 54.3664)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CBF #A6BF9C

analogous

#A39CBF #B59CBF #BF9CB7

triadic

#B59CBF #BFB59C #9CBFB5

tetradic

#B59CBF #BFA39C #A6BF9C #9CB7BF

square

#B59CBF #BFA39C #A6BF9C #9CB7BF

split-complementary

#B59CBF #B7BF9C #9CBFA3

monochromatic

#7B5888 #9977A7 #B59CBF #D1C1D7 #EDE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B59CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B59CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CBF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CBF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.057 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9d2',
    500: '#b59cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cbf;
$custom-light: #cbb9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.057,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CBF

secondary

#D9E1D6

accent

#A0465F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CBF

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

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