#B59DC0#B59DC0

#B59DC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.056 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DC0
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(281, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 15.30, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 21.25, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.04 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.056 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6260, 37.7439, 55.0041)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DC0 #A8C09D

analogous

#A39DC0 #B59DC0 #C09DB9

triadic

#B59DC0 #C0B59D #9DC0B5

tetradic

#B59DC0 #C0A39D #A8C09D #9DB9C0

square

#B59DC0 #C0A39D #A8C09D #9DB9C0

split-complementary

#B59DC0 #B9C09D #9DC0A3

monochromatic

#7A598A #9978A8 #B59DC0 #D1C2D8 #EDE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B59DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DC0

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DC0	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.056 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad3',
    500: '#b59dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59dc0;
$custom-light: #cbbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.05641,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DC0

secondary

#DAE2D7

accent

#A04562

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DC0

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

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