#B59DB2#B59DB2

#B59DB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.040 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DB2
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(308, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 12.57, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 14.69, 328.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0351 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.04 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1479, 37.1527, 47.2197)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DB2 #9DB5A0

analogous

#AC9DB5 #B59DB2 #B59DA6

triadic

#B59DB2 #B2B59D #9DB2B5

tetradic

#B59DB2 #B5AC9D #9DB5A0 #9DA6B5

square

#B59DB2 #B5AC9D #9DB5A0 #9DA6B5

split-complementary

#B59DB2 #A6B59D #9DB5AC

monochromatic

#7B5D77 #9B7A97 #B59DB2 #CFC0CD #EAE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B59DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DB2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DB2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.040 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbac9',
    500: '#b59db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59db2;
$custom-light: #cbbac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 13.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72369,
    "c": 0.04049,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DB2

secondary

#D3DBD4

accent

#98574D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DB2

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

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