#B59DB4#B59DB4

#B59DB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.043 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DB4
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(303, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 12.95, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 15.56, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0358 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.043 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3502, 37.2336, 48.2850)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DB4 #9DB59E

analogous

#AA9DB5 #B59DB4 #B59DA8

triadic

#B59DB4 #B4B59D #9DB4B5

tetradic

#B59DB4 #B5AA9D #9DB59E #9DA8B5

square

#B59DB4 #B5AA9D #9DB59E #9DA8B5

split-complementary

#B59DB4 #A8B59D #9DB5AA

monochromatic

#7B5D7A #9B7A99 #B59DB4 #CFC0CF #EAE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B59DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DB4

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DB4	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)

#9CA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.043 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbaca',
    500: '#b59db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59db4;
$custom-light: #cbbaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 13.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.04257,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DB4

secondary

#D3DBD3

accent

#98514D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DB4

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

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