#B59DBF#B59DBF

#B59DBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.055 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DBF
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 15.10, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 20.75, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0397 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.055 316)
XYZ	xyz(40.5155, 37.6997, 54.4225)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DBF #A7BF9D

analogous

#A49DBF #B59DBF #BF9DB8

triadic

#B59DBF #BFB59D #9DBFB5

tetradic

#B59DBF #BFA49D #A7BF9D #9DB8BF

square

#B59DBF #BFA49D #A7BF9D #9DB8BF

split-complementary

#B59DBF #B8BF9D #9DBFA4

monochromatic

#7B5988 #9978A7 #B59DBF #D1C2D7 #EDE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B59DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DBF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DBF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.055 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad2',
    500: '#b59dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dbf;
$custom-light: #cbbad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72819,
    "c": 0.05518,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.37699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DBF

secondary

#DAE1D7

accent

#9F4660

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DBF

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

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