#B59DBC#B59DBC

#B59DBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.052 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DBC
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 14.50, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 19.29, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0386 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.052 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1888, 37.5690, 52.7016)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DBC #A4BC9D

analogous

#A59DBC #B59DBC #BC9DB3

triadic

#B59DBC #BCB59D #9DBCB5

tetradic

#B59DBC #BCA59D #A4BC9D #9DB3BC

square

#B59DBC #BCA59D #A4BC9D #9DB3BC

split-complementary

#B59DBC #B3BC9D #9DBCA5

monochromatic

#7B5A84 #9A79A3 #B59DBC #D0C1D5 #ECE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B59DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DBC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DBC	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)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.052 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad0',
    500: '#b59dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dbc;
$custom-light: #cbbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.05158,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DBC

secondary

#D8DFD6

accent

#9D485C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DBC

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

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