#B59DBE#B59DBE

#B59DBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.054 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DBE
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 14.90, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 20.26, 317.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0393 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.054 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4059, 37.6559, 53.8449)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DBE #A6BE9D

analogous

#A49DBE #B59DBE #BE9DB6

triadic

#B59DBE #BEB59D #9DBEB5

tetradic

#B59DBE #BEA49D #A6BE9D #9DB6BE

square

#B59DBE #BEA49D #A6BE9D #9DB6BE

split-complementary

#B59DBE #B6BE9D #9DBEA4

monochromatic

#7B5A87 #9978A6 #B59DBE #D1C2D6 #EDE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B59DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DBE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DBE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.054 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad1',
    500: '#b59dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dbe;
$custom-light: #cbbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.05398,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DBE

secondary

#D9E0D6

accent

#9F475F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DBE

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

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