#B59DB7#B59DB7

#B59DB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.046 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DB7
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(295, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 13.52, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 16.92, 323.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0369 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.046 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6591, 37.3572, 49.9120)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DB7 #9FB79D

analogous

#A89DB7 #B59DB7 #B79DAC

triadic

#B59DB7 #B7B59D #9DB7B5

tetradic

#B59DB7 #B7A89D #9FB79D #9DACB7

square

#B59DB7 #B7A89D #9FB79D #9DACB7

split-complementary

#B59DB7 #ACB79D #9DB7A8

monochromatic

#7B5C7D #9A7A9D #B59DB7 #D0C0D1 #EAE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B59DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B59DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DB7

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DB7	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)

#9BA3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.046 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbacc',
    500: '#b59db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59db7;
$custom-light: #cbbacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 15.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.04583,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DB7

secondary

#D4DCD4

accent

#994C52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DB7

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

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