#B59DBD#B59DBD

#B59DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.053 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DBD
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 14.70, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 19.77, 318.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.039 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.053 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2970, 37.6123, 53.2713)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DBD #A5BD9D

analogous

#A59DBD #B59DBD #BD9DB5

triadic

#B59DBD #BDB59D #9DBDB5

tetradic

#B59DBD #BDA59D #A5BD9D #9DB5BD

square

#B59DBD #BDA59D #A5BD9D #9DB5BD

split-complementary

#B59DBD #B5BD9D #9DBDA5

monochromatic

#7B5A86 #9978A4 #B59DBD #D1C2D6 #ECE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B59DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DBD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DBD	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.053 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad0',
    500: '#b59dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dbd;
$custom-light: #cbbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.05278,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DBD

secondary

#D8E0D6

accent

#9E485D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DBD

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

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