#B59DB6#B59DB6

#B59DB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.045 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DB6
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(298, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 13.33, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 16.46, 324.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0365 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.045 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5554, 37.3157, 49.3658)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DB6 #9EB69D

analogous

#A99DB6 #B59DB6 #B69DAB

triadic

#B59DB6 #B6B59D #9DB6B5

tetradic

#B59DB6 #B6A99D #9EB69D #9DABB6

square

#B59DB6 #B6A99D #9EB69D #9DABB6

split-complementary

#B59DB6 #ABB69D #9DB6A9

monochromatic

#7B5C7C #9B7A9C #B59DB6 #CFC0D0 #EAE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B59DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B59DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DB6

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DB6	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.045 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbacb',
    500: '#b59db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59db6;
$custom-light: #cbbacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 14.62,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.04472,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DB6

secondary

#D4DBD3

accent

#994D50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DB6

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

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