#B59DBB#B59DBB

#B59DBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.050 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DBB
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(288, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 14.30, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 18.80, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0383 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.05 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0814, 37.5261, 52.1358)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DBB #A3BB9D

analogous

#A69DBB #B59DBB #BB9DB2

triadic

#B59DBB #BBB59D #9DBBB5

tetradic

#B59DBB #BBA69D #A3BB9D #9DB2BB

square

#B59DBB #BBA69D #A3BB9D #9DB2BB

split-complementary

#B59DBB #B2BB9D #9DBBA6

monochromatic

#7B5B83 #9A79A2 #B59DBB #D0C1D4 #ECE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B59DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DBB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DBB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.050 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbacf',
    500: '#b59dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dbb;
$custom-light: #cbbacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DBB

secondary

#D7DFD5

accent

#9C495A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DBB

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

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